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TO JEALOUSIE by ROBERT HERRICK

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First Line: O JEALOUSIE, THAT ART
Last Line: (O! SOUL-TORMENTING JEALOUSIE,) FROM THEE.
Subject(s): JEALOUSY;
1. O Jealousie, that art
The Canker of the heart:
And mak'st all hell
Where thou do'st dwell;
For pitie be
No Furie, or no Fire-brand to me.

2. Farre from me Ile remove
All thoughts of irksome Love:
And turn to snow,
Or Christall grow;
To keep still free
(O! Soul-tormenting Jealousie,) from Thee.



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