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ANTHEA'S RETRACTION by ROBERT HERRICK

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First Line: ANTHEA LAUGHT, AND FEARING LEST EXCESSE
Last Line: AND CAL'D EACH LINE BACK TO HIS RULE AND SPACE.
Anthea laught, and fearing lest excesse
Might stretch the cords of civill comelinesse:
She with a dainty blush rebuk't her face;
And cal'd each line back to his rule and space.



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