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THE RAINBOW: OR CURIOUS COVENANT by ROBERT HERRICK

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First Line: MINE EYES, LIKE CLOUDS, WERE DRIZLING RAINE
Last Line: NO MORE WO'D DROWN MINE EYES, OR ME.
Subject(s): BIBLE; RAINBOWS; RELIGION; THEOLOGY;
Mine eyes, like clouds, were drizling raine,
And as they thus did entertaine
The gentle Beams from Julia's sight
To mine eyes level'd opposite:
O Thing admir'd! there did appeare
A curious Rainbow smiling there;
Which was the Covenant, that she
No more wo'd drown mine eyes, or me.



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