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BASTARDS by ROBERT HERRICK

Poet Analysis

First Line: OUR BASTARD-CHILDREN ARE BUT LIKE TO PLATE
Last Line: MADE BY THE COYNERS ILLEGITIMATE.
Subject(s): CHILDREN - ILLEGITIMATE; BIRTH - OUT OF WEDLOCK; BASTARDS;
Our Bastard-children are but like to Plate,
Made by the Coyners illegitimate.



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