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GODS GIFTS NOT SOONE GRANTED by ROBERT HERRICK

Poet Analysis

First Line: GOD HEARES US WHEN WE PRAY, BUT YET DEFERS
Last Line: WITH PRINCELY HAND HE'L RECOMPENCE DELAY.
Subject(s): GOD;

God heares us when we pray, but yet defers
His gifts, to exercise Petitioners:
And though a while He makes Requesters stay,
With Princely hand He'l recompence delay.



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