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UPON CUPID (4) by ROBERT HERRICK

Poet Analysis

First Line: AS LATELY I A GARLAND BOUND
Last Line: CO'D NEVER SINCE FIND ANY REST.
Subject(s): CUPID; EROS;

As lately I a Garland bound,
'Mongst Roses, I there Cupid found:
I took him, put him in my cup,
And drunk with Wine, I drank him up.
Hence then it is, that my poore brest
Co'd never since find any rest.



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