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TO ANTHEA LYING IN BED by ROBERT HERRICK

Poet Analysis

First Line: SO LOOKS ANTHEA, WHEN IN BED SHE LYES
Last Line: WHICH DONE, THAT DAWNE, TURNES THEN TO PERFECT DAY.
So looks Anthea, when in bed she lyes,
Orecome, or halfe betray'd by Tiffanies:
Like to a Twi-light, or that simpring Dawn,
That Roses shew, when misted o're with Lawn.
Twilight is yet, till that her Lawnes give way;
Which done, that Dawne, turnes then to perfect day.



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