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THE BRACELET OF PEARLE: TO SILVIA by ROBERT HERRICK

Poet Analysis

First Line: I BRAKE THY BRACELET 'GAINST MY WILL
Last Line: CLEAVE THOU MY HEART IN TWO.
Subject(s): JEWELRY & JEWELERS; RINGS; BRACELETS; NECKLACES;

I brake thy Bracelet 'gainst my will;
And, wretched, I did see
Thee discomposed then, and still
Art discontent with me.

One jemme was lost; and I will get
A richer pearle for thee,
Then ever, dearest Silvia, yet
Was drunk to Antonie.

Or, for revenge, I'le tell thee what
Thou for the breach shalt do;
First, crack the strings, and after that,
Cleave thou my heart in two.



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