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FELICITY, QUICK OF FLIGHT by ROBERT HERRICK

Poet Analysis

First Line: EVERY TIME SEEMES SHORT TO BE
Last Line: WITH GRIEFE; SEEMES LONGER THEN A YEARE.
Subject(s): TIME;
Every time seemes short to be,
That's measur'd by felicity:
But one halfe houre, that's made up here
With griefe; seemes longer then a yeare.



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