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TO OENONE (1) by ROBERT HERRICK

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First Line: WHAT CONSCIENCE SAY, IS IT IN THEE
Last Line: TAKE ME AND MINE TOGETHER!
WHAT conscience, say, is it in thee,
When I a heart had one,
To take away that heart from me,
And to retain thy own?

For shame or pity now incline
To play a loving part;
Either to send me kindly thine,
Or give me back my heart.

Covet not both; but if thou dost
Resolve to part with neither,
Why, yet to show that thou art just,
Take me and mine together!



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