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UPON ONE LILLIE, WHO MARRYED WITH MAID CALL'D ROSE by ROBERT HERRICK

Poet Analysis

First Line: WHAT TIMES OF SWEETNESSE THIS FAIRE DAY FORE-SHOWS
Last Line: TO SPRING FROM THESE A SWEET POSTERITY.
Subject(s): LOVE - MARITAL; MARRIAGE; WEDDED LOVE; MARRIAGE - LOVE; WEDDINGS; HUSBANDS; WIVES;

What times of sweetnesse this faire day fore-shows,
When as the Lilly marries with the Rose!
What next is lookt for? but we all sho'd see
To spring from these a sweet Posterity.



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