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STOOL-BALL by ROBERT HERRICK

Poet Analysis

First Line: AT STOOL-BALL, LUCIA, LET US PLAY
Last Line: AND HAVE FOR ALL A KISSE.
Subject(s): GAMES; RECREATION; PASTIMES; AMUSEMENTS;
1. At Stool-ball, Lucia, let us play,
For Sugar-cakes and Wine;
Or for a Tansie let us pay,
The losse or thine, or mine.

2. If thou, my Deere, a winner be
At trundling of the Ball,
The wager thou shalt have, and me,
And my misfortunes all.

3. But if (my Sweetest) I shall get,
Then I desire but this;
That likewise I may pay the Bet,
And have for all a kisse.



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