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UPON SAPPHO SWEETLY PLAYING AND SWEETLY SINGING by ROBERT HERRICK

Poet Analysis

First Line: WHEN THOU DOST PLAY AND SWEETLY SING
Last Line: AND DYE AWAY UPON THY LUTE.
Subject(s): LUTES;
When thou do'st play, and sweetly sing,
Whether it be the voice or string,
Or both of them, that do agree
Thus to en-trance and ravish me:
This, this I know, I'm oft struck mute;
And dye away upon thy Lute.



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