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ANOTHER UPON HIS KINSWOMAN, MRS. PENELOPE WHEELER by ROBERT HERRICK

Poet Analysis

First Line: FIRST, FOR YOUR SHAPE, THE CURIOUS CANNOT SHEW
Last Line: A MIGHTY STRIFE 'TWIXT FORME AND CHASTITIE.

First, for your shape, the curious cannot shew
Any one part that's dissonant in you:
And 'gainst your chast behaviour there's no Plea,
Since you are knowne to be Penelope.
Thus faire and cleane you are, although there be
A mighty strife 'twixt Forme and Chastitie.



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