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A Vow To Minerva

by Robert Herrick, 1648

Goddess, I begin an art;
Come thou in, with thy best part
For to make the texture lie
Each way smooth and civilly;
And a broad-fac’d owl shall be
Offer’d up with vows to thee.

Published in Hesperides
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