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ANNA BULLEN, ACT 1: SHORT CURSE by JOHN BANKS (17TH CENTURY-)

First Line: BE CURST THE TIME OF BULLEN'S FATAL BIRTH
Last Line: AND BURY THEM IN PITS AS DEEP AS GRAVES.
Subject(s): CURSES; DISEASE; GRAVES; LEPROSY; SMALL POX; TOMBS; TOMBSTONES; LEPERS;
BE curst the time of Bullen's fatal birth;
Wrinkles like age anticipate her youth;
Mildews and blasts devour her wanton beauties;
Small-pox and leprosy rough-cast her o'er,
Dig up her charms and features by the roots,
And bury them in pits as deep as graves.



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