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UPON WOMAN AND MARY by ROBERT HERRICK

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First Line: SO LONG (IT SEEM'D) AS MARIES FAITH WAS SMALL
Last Line: BUT MARY CAL'D THEN (AS S. AMBROSE SAITH).
Subject(s): WOMEN;
So long (it seem'd) as Maries Faith was small,
Christ did her Woman, not her Mary call:
But no more Woman, being strong in Faith;
But Mary cal'd then (as S. Ambrose saith).



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