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THE BED-MAN, OR GRAVE-MAKER by ROBERT HERRICK

Poet Analysis

First Line: THOU HAST MADE MANY HOUSES FOR THE DEAD
Last Line: I'TH' CHURCH-YARD, MADE, ONE TENEMENT FOR ME.
Subject(s): GRAVES; TOMBS; TOMBSTONES;
Thou hast made many Houses for the Dead;
When my Lot calls me to be buried,
For Love or Pittie, prethee let there be
I'th' Church-yard, made, one Tenement for me.



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