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THE ADMONITION by ROBERT HERRICK

Poet Analysis

First Line: SEEST THOU THOSE DIAMONDS WHICH SHE WEARES
Last Line: SHE THAT WILL WEARE THY TEARES, WO'D WEARE THINE EYES.
Subject(s): JEWELRY & JEWELERS; RINGS; BRACELETS; NECKLACES;
Seest thou those Diamonds which she weares
In that rich Carkanet;
Or those on her dishevel'd haires,
Faire Pearles in order set?
Beleeve young man all those were teares
By wretched Wooers sent,
In mournfull Hyacinths and Rue,
That figure discontent;
Which when not warmed by her view,
By cold neglect, each one,
Congeal'd to Pearle and stone;
Which precious spoiles upon her,
She weares as trophees of her honour.
Ah then consider! What all this implies;
She that will weare thy teares, wo'd weare thine eyes.



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