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BEING ONCE BLIND, HIS REQUEST TO BIANCHA by ROBERT HERRICK

Poet Analysis

First Line: WHEN AGE OR CHANCE HAS MADE ME BLIND
Last Line: IN WAYES CONFUS'D, NOR SLIP OR FALL.

When age or Chance has made me blind,
So that the path I cannot find:
And when my falls and stumblings are
More then the stones i'th' street by farre:
Goe thou afore; and I shall well
Follow thy Perfumes by the smell:
Or be my guide; and I shall be
Led by some light that flows from thee.
Thus held, or led by thee, I shall
In wayes confus'd, nor slip or fall.



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