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UPON JULIA'S HAIRE, BUNDLED UP IN A GOLDEN NET by ROBERT HERRICK

Poet Analysis

First Line: TELL ME, WHAT NEEDS THOSE RICH DECEITS
Last Line: LESSE SET FOR THEM, THEN SPRED FOR ME.
Subject(s): HAIR;
Tell me, what needs those rich deceits,
These golden Toyles, and Trammel-nets,
To take thine haires when they are knowne
Already tame, and all thine owne?
'Tis I am wild, and more then haires
Deserve these Mashes and those snares.
Set free thy Tresses, let them flow
As aires doe breathe, or winds doe blow:
And let such curious Net-works be
Lesse set for them, then spred for me.



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