Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, ON HIMSELFE (18), by ROBERT HERRICK


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First Line: Young I was, but now am old
Last Line: That our love out-lasts our yeeres.
Subject(s): Aging


Young I was, but now am old,
But I am not yet grown cold;
I can play, and I can twine
'Bout a Virgin like a Vine:
In her lap too I can lye
Melting, and in fancie die:
And return to life, if she
Claps my cheek, or kisseth me;
Thus, and thus it now appears
That our love out-lasts our yeeres.





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