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TO MUSICK by ROBERT HERRICK

Poet Analysis

First Line: BEGIN TO CHARME, AND AS THOU STROAK'ST MINE EARES
Last Line: AND MAKE ME SMOOTH AS BALME, AND OILE AGAINE.
Subject(s): MUSIC & MUSICIANS;

Begin to charme, and as thou stroak'st mine eares
With thy enchantment, melt me into tears.
Then let thy active hand scu'd o're thy Lyre:
And make my spirits frantick with the fire.
That done, sink down into a silv'rie straine;
And make me smooth as Balme, and Oile againe.



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