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TO HIS MUSE (2) by ROBERT HERRICK

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First Line: WERE I GIVE THEE BAPTIME, I WO'D CHUSE
Last Line: CATO THE CENSOR, SHO'D HE SCAN EACH HERE.
Were I to give thee Baptime, I wo'd chuse
To Christen thee, the Bride, the Bashfull Muse,
Or Muse of Roses: since that name does fit
Best with those Virgin-Verses thou hast writ:
Which are so cleane, so chast, as none may feare
Cato the Censor, sho'd he scan each here.



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