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THE BONDMAN by ROBERT HERRICK

Poet Analysis

First Line: BIND ME BUT TO THEE WITH THINE HAIRE
Last Line: FOR EVER WITH THEE HERE.

Bind me but to thee with thine haire,
And quickly I shall be
Made by that fetter or that snare
A bondman unto thee.

Or if thou tak'st that bond away,
Then bore me through the eare;
And by the Law I ought to stay
For ever with thee here.



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