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TO DELIA: 20 by SAMUEL DANIEL

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First Line: COME, DEATH, THE ANCHOR-HOLD OF ALL MY THOUGHTS
Last Line: SO HIGH ATTEMPTS TO LOW DISGRACES FALL.
Subject(s): DEATH; LIFE; LOVE; DEAD, THE;
Come, death, the anchor-hold of all my thoughts,
My last resort whereto my soul appealeth,
For all too long on earth my fancy dotes,
Whilst my best blood my young desires seeleth.
That heart is now the prospective of horror,
That honored hath the cruel'st fair that liveth --
The cruel'st fair, that sees I languish for her,
Yet never mercy to my merit giveth.
This is her laurel and her triumph's prize,
To tread me down with foot of her disgrace,
Whilst I did build my fortune in her eyes,
And laid my life's rest on so fair a face;
That rest I lost, my love, my life, and all:
So high attempts to low disgraces fall.



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