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ON HIMSELFE (15) by ROBERT HERRICK

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First Line: IL'E WRITE NO MORE OF LOVE; BUT NOW REPENT
Last Line: AND THAT MY DUST WAS TO THE EARTH COMMENDED.
Subject(s): REPENTANCE; PENITENCE;
Il'e write no more of Love; but now repent
Of all those times that I in it have spent.
Ile write no more of life; but wish twas ended,
And that my dust was to the earth commended.



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