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TO M. HENRY LAWES, THE EXCELLENT COMPOSER, OF HIS LYRICS by ROBERT HERRICK

Poet Analysis

First Line: TOUCH BUT THY LIRE (MY HARRIE) AND I HEARE
Last Line: YET THEIR THREE PRAISES, PRAISE BUT ONE; THAT'S LAWES.
Subject(s): COMPOSERS; LAWES, HENRY (1596-1662);

Touch but thy Lire (my Harrie) and I heare
From thee some raptures of the rare Gotire.
Then if thy voice commingle with the String
I heare in thee rare Laniere to sing;
Or curious Wilson: Tell me, canst thou be
Less then Apollo, that ursurp'st such Three?
Three, unto whom the whole world give applause;
Yet their Three praises, praise but One; that's Lawes.



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