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 ROBERT HERRICK

'Tis but silk that bindeth thee,

Knap the thread and thou art free;

But 'tis otherwise with me

I am bound and fast bound, so

That from thee I cannot go;

If I could, I would not so.

��269 To Daisies y not to shut so soon

SHUT not so soon; the dull-eyed night Has not as yet begun To make a seizure on the light, Or to seal up the sun.

No marigolds yet closed are,

No shadows great appear; Nor doth the early shepherd's star

Shine like a spangle here.

Stay but till my Julia close

Her life-begetting eye, And let the whole world then dispose

Itself to live or die.

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��270 The Night-piece: To Julia

ER eyes the glow-worm lend thee,

The shooting stars attend thee, And the elves also, Whose little eyes glow Like the sparks of fire, befriend thee.

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