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UPON HIS EYE-SIGHT FALLING HIM by ROBERT HERRICK

Poet Analysis

First Line: I BEGINNE TO WAINE IN SIGHT
Last Line: WHEN THE TAPERS ONCE ARE OUT.
Subject(s): VISION;

I beginne to waine in sight;
Shortly I shall bid goodnight:
Then no gazing more about,
When the Tapers once are out.



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