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EVENSONG by ROBERT HERRICK

Poet Analysis

First Line: BEGINNE WITH JOVE; THEN IS THE WORKE HALFE DONE
Last Line: SO SURE HE LAYES CLAIME TO THE EVENSONG.

Beginne with Jove; then is the worke halfe done;
And runnes most smoothly, when tis well begunne.
Jove's is the first and last: The Morn's his due,
The midst is thine; but Joves the Evening too;
As sure as Mattins do's to him belong,
So sure he layes claime to the Evensong.



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