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CHERRY-PIT by ROBERT HERRICK

Poet Analysis

First Line: JULIA AND I DID LATELY SIT
Last Line: I GOT THE PIT, AND SHE THE STONE.

Julia and I did lately sit
Playing for sport, at Cherry-pit:
She threw; I cast; and having thrown,
I got the Pit, and she the Stone.



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