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Upon Clunn

by Robert Herrick, 1648

A roll of parchment Clunn about him bears,
Charg’d with the arms of all his ancestors:
And seems half ravish’d, when he looks upon
That bar, this bend; that fess, this cheveron;
This manch, that moon; this martlet, and that mound;
This counterchange of pearl and diamond.
What joy can Clunn have in that coat, or this,
Whenas his own still out at elbows is?

Published in Hesperides
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