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KISSING USURIE by ROBERT HERRICK

Poet Analysis

First Line: BIANCHA, LET / ME PAY THER DEBT
Last Line: MAKE PAYMENT FOR HIS PLEASURE.
Subject(s): KISSES;

Biancha, Let
Me pay the debt
I owe thee for a kisse
Thou lend'st to me;
And I to thee
Will render ten for this:

If thou wilt say,
Ten will not pay
For that so rich a one;
Ile cleare the summe,
If it will come
Unto a Million.

By this I guesse,
Of happinesse
Who has a little measure:
He must of right,
To th'utmost mite,
Make payment for his pleasure.



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