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TO THE SOUR READER by ROBERT HERRICK

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First Line: IF THOU DISLIK'ST THE PIECE THOU LIGHT'ST ON FIRST
Last Line: THE EXTREME SCAB TAKE THEE AND THINE, FOR ME.
Subject(s): BOOKS; READING;
If thou dislik'st the piece thou light'st on first,
Think that of all that I have writ the worst;
But if thou read'st my book to the end,
And still dost this and that verse reprehend,
O perverse man! If all disgustful be,
The extreme scab take thee and thine, for me.


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