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CEREMONIES TO THE MAIDS by ROBERT HERRICK

Poet Analysis

First Line: WASH YOUR HANDS, OR ELSE THE FIRE
Last Line: DEAD THE FIRE, THOUGH YE BLOW.
Subject(s): CHRISTMAS; HOUSEHOLD EMPLOYEES; NATIVITY, THE; SERVANTS; DOMESTICS; MAIDS;

Wash your hands, or else the fire
Will not teend to your desire;
Unwasht hands, ye Maidens, know,
Dead the Fire, though ye blow.



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