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CEREMONY UPON CANDLEMAS EVE by ROBERT HERRICK

Poet Analysis

First Line: DOWN WITH THE ROSEMARY, AND SO
Last Line: SO MANY GOBLINS YOU SHALL SEE.
Subject(s): CANDLEMAS;
Down with the Rosemary, and so
Down with the Baies, & misletoe:
Down with the Holly, Ivie, all,
Wherewith ye drest the Christmas Hall:
That so the superstitious find
No one least Branch there left behind:
For look how many leaves there be
Neglected there (maids trust to me)
So many Goblins you shall see.



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