Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, TO THE DETRACTER, by ROBERT HERRICK


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First Line: Where others love, and praise my verses; still
Last Line: Are wanton with their itch; scratch, and 'twill please.
Subject(s): Poetry & Poets


Where others love, and praise my Verses; still
Thy long-black-Thumb-nail marks 'em out for ill:
A fellon take it, or some Whit-flaw come
For to unslate, or to untile that thumb!
But cry thee Mercy: Exercise thy nailes
To scratch or claw, so that thy tongue not railes:
Some numbers prurient are, and some of these
Are wanton with their itch; scratch, and 'twill please.





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