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IN THE DARKE NONE DAINTY by ROBERT HERRICK

Poet Analysis

First Line: NIGHT HIDES OUR THEFTS; ALL FAULTS THEN PAYDON'D BE
Last Line: THE CHOSEN RUBIE, AND THE REPROBATE.
Subject(s): NIGHT; BEDTIME;
Night hides our thefts; all faults then pardon'd be:
All are alike faire, when no spots we see.
Lais and Lucrece, in the night time are
Pleasing alike; alike both singular:
Jone, and my Lady have at that time one,
One and the selfe-same priz'd complexion.
Then please alike the Pewter and the Plate;
The chosen Rubie, and the Reprobate.



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