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UPON A VIRGIN by ROBERT HERRICK

Poet Analysis

First Line: SPEND HARMLESS SHADE THY NIGHTLY HOURES
Last Line: FARRE FASTER THEN THE FIRST CAN WITHER.

Spend Harmless shade thy nightly Houres,
Selecting here, both Herbs, and Flowers;
Of which make Garlands here, and there,
To dress thy silent sepulchre.
Nor do thou feare the want of these,
In everlasting Properties.
Since we fresh strewings will bring hither,
Farre faster then the first can wither.



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