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ON A PERFUM'D LADY by ROBERT HERRICK

Poet Analysis

First Line: YOU SAY Y'ARE SWEET; HOW SHO'D WE KNOW
Last Line: THEN WE SHALL SMELL HOW SWEET YOU BE.
Subject(s): PERFUME;
You say y'are sweet; how sho'd we know
Whether that you be sweet or no?
From Powders and Perfumes keep free;
Then we shall smell how sweet you be.



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