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UPON SILVIA, A MISTRESS by ROBERT HERRICK

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First Line: WHEN SOME SHALL SAY, FAIRE ONCE MY SILVIA WAS
Last Line: AND COMMING DOWNE, SHALL MAKE NO NOISE AT ALL.
When some shall say, Faire once my Silvia was;
Thou wilt complaine, False now's thy Looking-glasse:
Which renders that quite tarnisht, wch was green;
And Priceless now, what Peerless once had been:
Upon thy Forme more wrinkles yet will fall,
And comming downe, shall make no noise at all.



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