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UPON A WIFE THAT DIED MAD WITH JEALOUSY by ROBERT HERRICK

Poet Analysis

First Line: IN THIS LITTLE VAULT SHE LIES
Last Line: TROUBLE DEATH TO LAY AGEN.
Subject(s): JEALOUSY;

In this little Vault she lyes,
Here, with all her jealousies:
Quiet yet; but if ye make
Any noise, they both will wake,
And such spirits raise, 'twill then
Trouble Death to lay agen.



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