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PRESENCE AND ABSENCE by ROBERT HERRICK

Poet Analysis

First Line: WHEN WHAT IS LOV'D, IS PRESENT, LOVE DOTH SPRING
Last Line: BUT BEING ABSENT, LOVE LIES LANGUISHING.
Subject(s): LOVE;

When what is lov'd, is Present, love doth spring;
But being absent, Love lies languishing.



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