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UPON THE ROSES IN JULIAS BOSOME by ROBERT HERRICK

Poet Analysis

First Line: THRICE HAPPIE ROSES, SO MUCH GRAC'T, TO HAVE
Last Line: YOUR GRAVE HER BOSOME IS, THE LAWNE THE STONE
Subject(s): BREASTS;

Thrice happie Roses, so much grac't, to have
Within the Bosome of my Love your grave.
Die when ye will, your sepulchre is knowne,
Your Grave her Bosome is, the Lawne the Stone



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