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Poem by Robert Herrick


Barley-Break; or, Last in Hell


We two are last in hell; what may we fear
To be tormented or kept pris'ners here I
Alas!  if kissing be of plagues the worst,
We'll wish in hell we had been last and first.



Robert Herrick


Robert Herrick's other poems:
  1. To Carnations: a Song
  2. The Changes: to Corinna
  3. The Apron of Flowers
  4. The Lily in a Crystal
  5. The Bag of the Bee


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