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THE VIRGIN MARY (2) by ROBERT HERRICK

Poet Analysis

First Line: THE VIRGIN MARIE WAS (AS I HAVE READ)
Last Line: ONCE SHUT, WAS NEVER TO BE OPEN'D MORE.
Subject(s): MARY. MOTHER OF JESUS; WOMEN IN THE BIBLE; VIRGIN MARY;

The Virgin Marie was (as I have read)
The House of God, by Christ inhabited;
Into the which He enter'd: but, the Doore
Once shut, was never to be open'd more.



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