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To the Lark

by Robert Herrick, 1648

Good speed, for I this day
Betimes my matins say:
  Because I do
  Begin to woo,
  Sweet-singing lark,
  Be thou the clerk,
  And know thy when
  To say, Amen.
  And if I prove
  Bless’d in my love,
  Then thou shalt be
  High-priest to me,
  At my return,
  To incense burn;
And so to solemnise
Love’s and my sacrifice.

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