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TO ANTHEA (4) by ROBERT HERRICK

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First Line: COME ANTHEA, KNOW THOU THIS
Last Line: SOULES TRANSFUSING THUS, AND DIE.

Come Anthea, know thou this,
Love at no time idle is:
Let's be doing, though we play
But at push-pin (half the day:)
Chains of sweet bents let us make,
Captive one, or both, to take:
In which bondage we will lie,
Soules transfusing thus, and die.



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