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UPON LOVE (7) by ROBERT HERRICK

Poet Analysis

First Line: I PLAID WITH LOVE, AS WITH THE FIRE
Last Line: THE FIRE SCORTCHT MY HEART.
Subject(s): LOVE;

1. I plaid with Love, as with the fire
The wanton Satyre did;
Nor did I know, or co'd descry
What under there was hid.

2. That Satyre he but burnt his lips;
(But min's the greater smart)
For kissing Loves dissembling chips,
The fire scortcht my heart.



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