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GODS MERCY by ROBERT HERRICK

Poet Analysis

First Line: GODS BOUNDLESS MERCY IS (TO SINFULL MAN)
Last Line: FULL, AND FILD-FULL, THEN WHEN FULL-FILD BEFORE.
Subject(s): GOD;

Gods boundlesse mercy is (to sinfull man)
Like to the ever-wealthy Ocean:
Which though it sends forth thousand streams, 'tis ne're
Known, or els seen to be the emptier:
And though it takes all in, 'tis yet no more
Full, and fild-full, then when full-fild before.



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