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TO HIS MISTRESSES by ROBERT HERRICK

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First Line: PUT ON YOUR SILKS; AND PIECE BY PIECE
Last Line: BY YOUR OWNE JEWELS SET ON FIRE.
Subject(s): PERFUME;
Put on your silks; and piece by piece
Give them the scent of Amber-Greece:
And for your breaths too, let them smell
Ambrosia-like, or Nectarell:
While other Gums their sweets perspire,
By your owne jewels set on fire.



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