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PERSECUTIONS PROFITABLE by ROBERT HERRICK

Poet Analysis

First Line: AFFLICTIONS THEY MOST PROFITABLE ARE
Last Line: THE FIRST BY PATIENCE, AND THE LAST BY PAINE.

Afflictions they most profitable are
To the beholder, and the sufferer:
Bettering them both, but by a double straine,
The first by patience, and the last by paine.



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