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HIS COVENANTY OR PROTESTATION TO JULIA by ROBERT HERRICK

Poet Analysis

First Line: WHY DO'ST THOU WOUND, & BREAK MY HEART?
Last Line: I'M HALFE RETURN'D BEFORE I GO.
Subject(s): LOVE - COMPLAINTS;
Why do'st thou wound, & break my heart?
As if we sho'd for ever part?
Hast thou not heard an Oath from me,
After a day, or two, or three,
I wo'd come back and live with thee?
Take, if thou do'st distrust, that Vowe;
This second Protestation now.
Upon thy cheeke that spangel'd Teare,
Which sits as Dew of Roses there:
That Teare shall scarce be dri'd before
Ile kisse the Threshold of thy dore.
Then weepe not sweet; but thus much know,
I'm halfe return'd before I go.



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