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BEST TO BE MERRY by ROBERT HERRICK

Poet Analysis

First Line: FOOLES ARE THEY, WHO NEVER KNOW
Last Line: GRATIFIE THE GENIUS.
Subject(s): CARPE DIEM;

Fooles are they, who never know
How the times away doe goe:
But for us, who wisely see
Where the bounds of black Death be:
Let's live merrily, and thus
Gratifie the Genius.



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