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TO CUPID by ROBERT HERRICK

Poet Analysis

First Line: I HAVE A LEADEN, THOU A SHAFT OF GOLD
Last Line: AND BRING T'TH' HEART DESTRUCTION BOTH ALIKE.
I have a leaden, thou a shaft of gold;
Thou kil'st with heate, and I strike dead with cold.
Let's trie of us who shall the first expire;
Or thou by frost, or I by quenchlesse fire:
Extreames are fatall, where they once doe strike,
And bring t'th' heart destruction both alike.



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