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MEN MIND NO STATE IN SICKNESSE by ROBERT HERRICK

Poet Analysis

First Line: THAT FLOW OF GALLANTS WHICH APPROACH
Last Line: NO JOY TO THEE THEIR SICKLY LORD.
Subject(s): SICKNESS; ILLNESS;
That flow of Gallants which approach
To kisse thy hand from out the coach;
That fleet of lackeyes, which do run
Before thy swift Postilion;
Those strong-hoof'd Mules, which we behold,
Rein'd in with Purple, Pearl, and gold,
And shod with silver, prove to be
The drawers of the axeltree.
Thy Wife, thy Children, and the state
Of Persian Loomes, and antique Plate:
All these, and more, shall then afford
No joy to thee their sickly Lord.



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