Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, A GOOD HUSBAND, by ROBERT HERRICK


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First Line: A master of a house (as I have read)
Last Line: He sets his foot, he leaves rich compost there.
Subject(s): Marriage; Weddings; Husbands; Wives


A master of a house (as I have read)
Must be the first man up, and last in bed:
With the Sun rising he must walk his grounds;
See this, View that, and all the other bounds:
Shut every gate; mend every hedge that's torne,
Either with old, or plant therein new thorne:
Tread ore his gleab, but with such care, that where
He sets his foot, he leaves rich compost there.





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