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OBSERVATION (2) by ROBERT HERRICK

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First Line: THE JEWES, WHEN THEY BUILT HOUSES (I HAVE READ)
Last Line: CITIES MOST SAD AND DIRE DESTRUCTION.
Subject(s): JEWS; JUDAISM;
The Jewes, when they built Houses (I have read)
One part thereof left still unfinished:
To make them, thereby, mindfull of their own
Cities most sad and dire destruction.



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