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UPON A VIRGIN KISSING A ROSE by ROBERT HERRICK

Poet Analysis

First Line: TWAS BUT A SINGLE ROSE
Last Line: NOT SO MUCH ROSE, AS WREATHE.
Subject(s): FLOWERS; ROSES;

'Twas but a single Rose,
Till you on it did breathe;
But since (me thinks) it shows
Not so much Rose, as Wreathe.



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