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GODS ANGER by ROBERT HERRICK

Poet Analysis

First Line: GOD CAN'T BE WRATHFULL; BUT WE MAY CONCLUDE
Last Line: THAT WITHOUT WRATH, WHICH WRATH DOTH FORCE US TO.
Subject(s): ANGER;

God can't be wrathfull; but we may conclude,
Wrathfull He may be, by similitude:
God's wrathfull said to be, when He doth do
That without wrath, which wrath doth force us to.



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