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THE CLOUD by ROBERT HERRICK

Poet Analysis

First Line: SEEST THOU THAT CLOUD THAT RIDES IN STATE
Last Line: WHERE VENUS SLEEPS (HALFE SMOTHERED.)
Subject(s): CLOUDS;

Seest thou that Cloud that rides in State
Part Ruby-like, part Candidate?
It is no other then the Bed
Where Venus sleeps (halfe smothered.)



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