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LOSSE FROM THE LEAST by ROBERT HERRICK

Poet Analysis

First Line: GREAT MEN BY SMALL MEANES OFT ARE OVERTHROWN
Last Line: HE'S LORD OF THY LIFE, WHO CONTEMNES HIS OWN.

Great men by small meanes oft are overthrown:
He's Lord of thy life, who contemnes his own.



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