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THE SPELL; A CHARME by ROBERT HERRICK

Poet Analysis

First Line: HOLY WATER COME AND BRING
Last Line: FAR FROM HENCE THE EVILL SP'RITE.
Subject(s): MAGIC;

Holy Water come and bring;
Cast in Salt, for seasoning:
Set the Brush for sprinkling:
Sacred Spittle bring ye hither;
Meale and it now mix together;
And a little Oyle to either:
Give the Tapers here their light,
Ring the Saints-Bell, to affright
Far from hence the evill Sp'rite.



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