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COCK-CROW by ROBERT HERRICK

Poet Analysis

First Line: BELL-MAN OF NIGHT, IF I ABOUT SHALL GO
Last Line: A SIN, THEN FALL TO WEEPING WHEN 'TIS DONE.
Subject(s): PETER, SAINT (C. 64 A.D.);
Bell-man of Night, if I about shall go
For to denie my Master, do thou crow.
Thou stop'st s. Peter in the midst of sin;
Stay me, by crowing, ere I do begin;
Better it is, premonish'd, for to shun
A sin, then fall to weeping when 'tis done.



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