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UPON A BLACK TWIST, ROUNDING ARME OF COUNTESSE OF CARLILE by ROBERT HERRICK

Poet Analysis

First Line: I SAW ABOUT HER SPOTLESSE WRIST
Last Line: MAY IN LIKE CHAINS OF DARKNESSE LIE.
Subject(s): LOVE;
I saw about her spotlesse wrist,
Of blackest silk, a curious twist;
Which, circumvolving gently, there
Enthrall'd her Arme, as Prisoner.
Dark was the Jayle; but as if light
Had met t'engender with the night;
Or so, as Darknesse made a stay
To shew at once, both night and day.
One fancie more! but if there be
Such Freedome in Captivity;
I beg of Love, that ever I
May in like Chains of Darknesse lie.



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