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TO ANTHEA (5) by ROBERT HERRICK

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First Line: SICK IS ANTHEA, SICKLY IN THE SPRING
Last Line: EACH BENDING THEN, WILL RISE A PROPER FLOWER.
Subject(s): SICKNESS; ILLNESS;
Sick is Anthea, sickly is the spring,
The Primrose sick, and sickly every thing:
The while my deer Anthea do's but droop,
The Tulips, Lillies, Daffadills do stoop;
But when again sh'as got her healthfull houre,
Each bending then, will rise a proper flower.



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