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QUATRAIN: HERRICK by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH

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First Line: IT OFTEN CHANCES THAT THE STAUNCHEST BOAT
Last Line: SINCE HERRICK LAUNCHED HIS COCKLE-SHELLS OF RHYME!
Subject(s): HERRICK, ROBERT (1591-1674); POETRY & POETS;
IT often chances that the staunchest boat
Goes down in seas whereon a leaf might float.
What mighty epics have been wrecked by Time
Since Herrick launched his cockle-shells of rhyme!



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