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PURGATORY by ROBERT HERRICK

Poet Analysis

First Line: READERS WEE ENTREAT YE PRAY
Last Line: THAT YOUR TEARES MAY COOLE HER FIRES.
Subject(s): PURGATORY;
Readers wee entreat ye pray
For the soule of Lucia;
That in little time she be
From her Purgatory free:
In th' intrim she desires
That your teares may coole her fires.



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