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THE HAND AND TONGUE by ROBERT HERRICK

Poet Analysis

First Line: TWO PARTS OF US SUCCESSIVELY COMMAND
Last Line: THE TONGUE IN PEACE; BUT THEN IN WARRE THE HAND.
Subject(s): PEACE; WAR;

Two parts of us successively command;
The tongue in peace; but then in warre the hand.



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