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STEAM IN SACRIFICE by ROBERT HERRICK

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First Line: IF MEAT THE GODS GIVE, I THE STEAM
Last Line: IF WE THE ROSTE HAVE, THEY THE SMELL.
If meat the Gods give, I the steame
High-towring wil devote to them:
Whose easie natures like it well,
If we the roste have, they the smell.



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