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UPON FAUNUS by ROBERT HERRICK

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First Line: WE READ HOW FAUNUS, HE THE SHEPHEARDS GOD
Last Line: BUT HAD IT BEEN OF BIRCH, THE DEATH'S THE SAME.
Subject(s): FAUNUS (MYTHOLOGY);
We read how Faunus, he the shepheards God,
His wife to death whipt with a Mirtle Rod.
The Rod (perhaps) was better'd by the name;
But had it been of Birch, the death's the same.



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