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UPON HER ALMES by ROBERT HERRICK

Poet Analysis

First Line: SEE HOW THE POORE DO WAITING STAND
Last Line: THOUSANDS TO FEED BY MIRACLE.
Subject(s): CHARITY; PHILANTHROPY;
See how the poore do waiting stand,
For the expansion of thy hand.
A wafer Dol'd by thee, will swell
Thousands to feed by miracle.



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