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UPON JULIA'S FALL by ROBERT HERRICK

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First Line: JULIA WAS CARELESSE, AND WITHALL
Last Line: BECAUSE HIS TONGUE WAS TY'D AGAINE.

Julia was carelesse, and withall,
She rather took, then got a fall:
The wanton Ambler chanc'd to see
Part of her leggs sinceritie:
And ravish'd thus, It came to passe,
The Nagge (like to the Prophets Asse)
Began to speak, and would have been
A telling what rare sights h'ad seen:
And had told all; but did refraine,
Because his Tongue was ty'd againe.



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