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HIS LAST REQUEST TO JULIA by ROBERT HERRICK

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First Line: I HAVE BEEN WANTON, AND TOO BOLD I FEARE
Last Line: CLASPE THOU HIS BOOK, THEN CLOSE THOU UP HIS EYES.

I have been wanton, and too bold I feare,
To chafe o're much the Virgins cheek or eare:
Beg for my Pardon Julia; He doth winne
Grace with the Gods, who's sorry for his sinne.
That done, my Julia, dearest Julia, come,
And go with me to chuse my Buriall roome:
My Fates are ended; when thy Herrick dyes,
Claspe thou his Book, then close thou up his Eyes.



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