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TO THE LORD HOPTON, ON HIS FIGHT IN CORNWALL by ROBERT HERRICK

Poet Analysis

First Line: GO ON BRAVE HOPTON, TO EFFECTUATE THAT
Last Line: AND BY THAT ONE BLOW SET AN END TO ALL.
Subject(s): HOPTON, RALPH. 1ST BARON (1596-1652);
Go on brave Hopton, to effectuate that
Which wee, and times to come, shall wonder at.
Lift up thy Sword; next, suffer it to fall,
And by that One blow set an end to all.



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