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HOW ROSES CAME RED (2) by ROBERT HERRICK

Poet Analysis

First Line: TIS SAID, AS CUPID DANC'T AMONG
Last Line: MADE IT FOR EVER AFTER RED.
Subject(s): FLOWERS; ROSES;
'Tis said, as Cupid danc't among
The Gods, he down the Nectar flung;
Which, on the white Rose being shed,
Made it for ever after red.



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