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THE WILLOW GARLAND by ROBERT HERRICK

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First Line: A WILLOW GARLAND THOU DID'ST SEND
Last Line: COME FORTH AND SWEETLY DYE.
Subject(s): WILLOW TREES;
A willow Garland thou did'st send
Perfum'd (last day) to me:
Which did but only this portend,
I was forsooke by thee.

Since so it is; Ile tell thee what,
To morrow thou shalt see
Me weare the Willow; after that,
To dye upon the Tree.

As Beasts unto the Altars go
With Garlands drest, so I
Will, with my Willow-wreath also,
Come forth and sweetly dye.



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