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HIS DESIRE by ROBERT HERRICK

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First Line: GIVE ME A MAN THAT IS NOT DULL
Last Line: TICKLING THE CITTERNE WITH HIS QUILL.

Give me a man that is not dull,
When all the world with rifts is full:
But unamaz'd dares clearely sing,
When as the roof's a tottering:
And, though it falls, continues still
Tickling the Citterne with his quill.



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