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SWEETNESS IN SACRIFICE by ROBERT HERRICK

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First Line: TIS NOT GREATNESS THEY REQUIRE
Last Line: THOSE ETERNALL ESSENCES.

'Tis not greatness they require,
To be offer'd up by fire:
But 'tis sweetness that doth please
Those Eternall Essences.



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