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THE HONEYCOMB by ROBERT HERRICK

Poet Analysis

First Line: IF THOU HAST FOUND AN HONIE-COMBE
Last Line: MARROW, AND MANNA UNTO THEE.
Subject(s): HONEYCOMBS;
If thou hast found an honie-combe,
Eate thou not all, but taste on some:
For if thou eat'st it to excess;
That sweetness turnes to Loathsomness.
Taste it to Temper; then 'twill be
Marrow, and Manna unto thee.



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