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TO THE EARLE OF WESTMORELAND by ROBERT HERRICK

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First Line: WHEN MY DATE'S DONE, AND MY GRAY AGE MUST DIE
Last Line: SHOR'D UP BY YOU, (BRAVE EARLE OF WESTMORELAND.)
Subject(s): AGING;
When my date's done, and my gray age must die;
Nurse up, great Lord, this my posterity:
Weak though it be; long may it grow, and stand,
Shor'd up by you, (Brave Earle of Westmoreland.)



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