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ON HIMSELFE (18) by ROBERT HERRICK

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First Line: YOUNG I WAS, BUT NOW AM OLD
Last Line: THAT OUR LOVE OUT-LASTS OUR YEERES.
Subject(s): AGING;

Young I was, but now am old,
But I am not yet grown cold;
I can play, and I can twine
'Bout a Virgin like a Vine:
In her lap too I can lye
Melting, and in fancie die:
And return to life, if she
Claps my cheek, or kisseth me;
Thus, and thus it now appears
That our love out-lasts our yeeres.



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