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TO DEATH by ROBERT HERRICK

Poet Analysis

First Line: THOU BIDST ME COME AWAY
Last Line: GOD MERCY; AND SO DIE.
Subject(s): DEATH; DEAD, THE;
Thou bidst me come away,
And I'le no longer stay,
Then for to shed some teares
For faults of former yeares;
And to repent some crimes,
Done in the present times:
And next, to take a bit
Of Bread, and Wine with it:
To d'on my robes of love,
Fit for the place above;
To gird my loynes about
With charity throughout,
And so to travaile hence
With feet of innocence:
These done, I'le onely crie
God mercy; and so die.



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