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UPON A YOUNG MOTHER OF MANY CHILDREN by ROBERT HERRICK

Poet Analysis

First Line: LET ALL CHASTE MATRONS, WHEN THEY CHANCE TO SEE
Last Line: PITY ME TOO, WHO FOUND SO SOONE A TOMB.
Subject(s): MOTHERS;
Let all chaste Matrons, when they chance to see
My num'rous issue: Praise, and pitty me.
Praise me, for having such a fruitfull wombe;
Pity me too, who found so soone a Tomb.



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