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TO HIS HONOURED KINSMAN, SIR WILLIAM SOAME by ROBERT HERRICK

Poet Analysis

First Line: I CAN BUT NAME THEE, AND METHINKS I CALL
Last Line: AS BENJAMIN, AND STORAX, WHEN THEY MEET.
Subject(s): WINTER;
I can but name thee, and methinks I call
All that have been, or are canonicall
For love and bountie, to come neare, and see,
Their many vertues volum'd up in thee;
In thee Brave Man! Whose incorrupted fame,
Casts forth a light like to a Virgin flame:
And as it shines, it throwes a scent about,
As when a Rain-bow in perfumes goes out.
So vanish hence, but leave a name, as sweet,
As Benjamin, and Storax, when they meet.



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