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TO MARYGOLDS by ROBERT HERRICK

Poet Analysis

First Line: GIVE WAY, AND BE YE RAVISHT BY THE SUN
Last Line: AND AS HE SHUTS, CLOSE UP TO MAIDS AGAIN.
Subject(s): FLOWERS; MARIGOLDS;
Give way, and be ye ravisht by the Sun,
(And hang the head when as the Act is done)
Spread as He spreads; wax lesse as He do's wane;
And as He shuts, close up to Maids again.



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