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THE VIRGIN MARY (1) by ROBERT HERRICK

Poet Analysis

First Line: TO WORK A WONDER, GOD WOULD HAVE HER SHOWN
Last Line: AT ONCE, A BUD, AND YET A ROSE FULL-BLOWNE.
Subject(s): MARY. MOTHER OF JESUS; WOMEN IN THE BIBLE; VIRGIN MARY;
To work a wonder, God would have her shown,
At once, a Bud, and yet a Rose full-blowne.



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