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TO HIS BOOKE (9) by ROBERT HERRICK

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First Line: IF HAP IT MUST, THAT I MUST SEE THEE LYE
Last Line: WITH SPICE; THAT DONE, ILE LEAVE THEE TO THY REST
Subject(s): REST;
If hap it must, that I must see thee lye
Absyrtus-like all torne confusedly:
With solemne tears, and with much grief of heart,
Ile recollect thee (weeping) part by part;
And having washt thee, close thee in a chest
With spice; that done, Ile leave thee to thy rest



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