Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, ALL THINGS DECAY AND DIE, by ROBERT HERRICK


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First Line: All things decay with time: the forest sees
Last Line: Droops, dies, and falls without the cleavers stroke.
Subject(s): Decay; Rot; Decadence


All things decay with Time: The Forrest sees
The growth, and down-fall of her aged trees:
That Timber tall, which three-score lusters stood
The proud Dictator of the State-like wood:
I meane (the Soveraigne of all Plants) the Oke
Droops, dies, and falls without the cleavers stroke.





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