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UPON CLUNN by ROBERT HERRICK

Poet Analysis

First Line: A ROWLE OF PARCHMENT CLUNN ABOUT HIME BEARES
Last Line: WHEN AS HIS OWNE STILL OUT AT ELBOES IS?
A rowle of parchment clunn about him beares,
Charg'd with the Armes of all his Ancestors:
And seems halfe ravisht, when he looks upon
That Bar, this Bend; that Fess, this Cheveron;
This Manch, that Moone; this Martlet, and that Mound;
This counterchange of Perle and Diamond.
What joy can Clun have in that Coat, or this,
When as his owne still out at elboes is?



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