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UPON A LADY FAIRE, BUT FRUITLESSE by ROBERT HERRICK

Poet Analysis

First Line: TWICE HAS PUDICA BEEN A BRIDE, AND LED
Last Line: TREES NEVER BEARE, UNLESSE THEY FIRST DO BLOW.
Subject(s): CHILDLESSNESS;

Twice has Pudica been a Bride, and led
By holy Himen to the Nuptiall Bed.
Two Youths sha's known, thrice two, and twice 3. yeares;
Yet not a Lillie from the Bed appeares;
Nor will; for why, Pudica, this may know,
Trees never beare, unlesse they first do blow.



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