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TO JULIA (7) by ROBERT HERRICK

Poet Analysis

First Line: OFFER THY GIFT; BUT FIRST THE LAW COMMANDS
Last Line: THEN BOLDLY GIVE THINE INCENSE TO THE FIRE.

Offer thy gift; but first the Law commands
Thee Julia, first, to sanctifie thy hands:
Doe that my Julia which the rites require,
Then boldly give thine incense to the fire.



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