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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
UPON SCOBBLE, by ROBERT HERRICK Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Scobble for whoredom whips his wife, and cries
Last Line: One slit's enough to let adultery in.'
Subject(s): Hate; Unfaithfulness; Infidelity; Adultery; Inconstancy
First Line: Scobble for whoredom whips his wife, and cries
Last Line: One slit's enough to let adultery in.'
Subject(s): Hate; Unfaithfulness; Infidelity; Adultery; Inconstancy
Scobble for whoredom whips his wife, and cries
He'll slit her nose; but, blubb'ring she replies,
"Good sir, make no more cuts i' th' outward skin:
One slit's enough to let adultery in.'
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