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Poem by Robert Herrick


A Mean in Our Means


Though frankincense the deities require,
We must not give all to the hallow'd fire.
Such be our gifts, and such be our expense,
As for ourselves to leave some frankincense.



Robert Herrick


Robert Herrick's other poems:
  1. His Last Request to Julia
  2. His Winding-Sheet
  3. The Beggar to Mab, the Fairy Queen
  4. To Be Merry
  5. A Country Life: to His Brother, Mr Thomas Herrick


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