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TEARES (2) by ROBERT HERRICK

Poet Analysis

First Line: OUR PRESENT TEARES HERE (NOT OUR PRESENT LAUGHTER)
Last Line: ARE BUT THE HANDSELLS OF OUR JOYES HEREAFTER.
Subject(s): HEAVEN; PARADISE;

Our present Teares here (not our present laughter)
Are but the handsells of our joyes hereafter.



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