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HIS OWN EPITAPH by ROBERT HERRICK

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First Line: AS WEARIED PILGRIMS, ONCE POSSEST
Last Line: BUT AGE HATH BROUGHT ME RIGHT TO BED.
As wearied Pilgrims, once possest
Of long'd-for lodging, go to rest:
So I, now having rid my way;
Fix here my Button'd Staffe and stay.
Youth (I confess) hath me mis-led;
But Age hath brought me right to Bed.



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