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THE JUDGE-MENT DAY by ROBERT HERRICK

Poet Analysis

First Line: GOD HIDES FROM MAN THE RECK'NING DAY, THAT HE
Last Line: EXPECT THE COMING OF IT EV'RY DAY.
Subject(s): JUDGMENT DAY; END OF THE WORLD; DOOMSDAY; FALL OF MAN;
God hides from man the reck'ning Day, that He
May feare it ever for uncertaintie:
That being ignorant of that one, he may
Expect the coming of it ev'ry day.



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