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CUNCTATION IN CORRECTION by ROBERT HERRICK

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First Line: THE LICTORS BUNDL'D UP THEIR RODS: BESIDE
Last Line: THEY MIGHT ESCAPE THE LASH OF PUNISHMENT.
Subject(s): PUNISHMENT;
The Lictors bundl'd up their rods: beside,
Knit them with knots (with much adoe unty'd)
That if (unknitting) men wo'd yet repent,
They might escape the lash of punishment.



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