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RECOMPENSE by ROBERT HERRICK

Poet Analysis

First Line: WHO PLANTS AN OLIVE, BUT TO EATE THE OILE?
Last Line: REWARD, WE KNOW, IS THE CHIEFE END OF TOILE.
Subject(s): REWARDS;

Who plants an Olive, but to eate the Oile?
Reward, we know, is the chiefe end of toile.



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