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UPON THE SAME (THE DETRACTER) by ROBERT HERRICK

Poet Analysis

First Line: I ASK'T THEE OFT, WHAT POETS THOU HAST READ
Last Line: THEN SURE THOU'T LIKE, OR THOU WILT ENVIE ME.
Subject(s): CRITICS & CRITICISM;
I ask't thee oft, what Poets thou hast read,
And lik'st the best? Still thou reply'st, The dead.
I shall, ere long, with green turfs cover'd be;
Then sure thou't like, or thou wilt envie me.



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