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UPON A MAIDE by ROBERT HERRICK

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First Line: HENCE A BLESSED SOULE IS FLED
Last Line: FOR THE SAINT, WE'L KEEP THE SHRINE.
Hence a blessed soule is fled,
Leaving here the body dead:
Which (since here they can't combine)
For the Saint, we'l keep the Shrine.



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