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TO THE LARK by ROBERT HERRICK

Poet Analysis

First Line: GOOD SPEED, FOR I THIS DAY
Last Line: LOVE'S, AND MY SACRIFICE.
Subject(s): BIRDS; LARKS; SKYLARKS;

Good speed, for I this day
Betimes my Mattens say:
Because I doe
Begin to wooe:
Sweet singing Lark,
Be thou the Clark,
And know thy when
To say, Amen.
And if I prove
Blest in my love;
Then thou shalt be
High-Priest to me,
At my returne,
To Incense burne;
And so to solemnize
Love's, and my Sacrifice.



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