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FIRST WORK, AND THEN WAGES by ROBERT HERRICK

Poet Analysis

First Line: PREPOST'ROUS IS THAT ORDER, WHEN WE RUN
Last Line: TO ASK OUR WAGES, E'RE OUR WORK BE DONE.
Subject(s): LABOR & LABORERS; WORK; WORKERS;

Prepost'rous is that order, when we run
To ask our wages, e're our work be done.



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