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Robert Herrick - To Anthea, Who May Command Him Anything
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Bid me to live, and I will live
   Thy protestant to be;
Or bid me love, and I will give
   A loving heart to thee.

A heart as soft, a heart as kind,
   A heart as sound and free,
As in the whole world thou canst find,
   That heart I`ll give to thee.

Bid that heart stay, and it will stay,
   To honour thy decree;
Or bid it languish quite away,
   And `t shall do so for thee.

Bid me to weep, and I will weep,
   While I have eyes to see;
And having none, yet I will keep
   A heart to weep for thee.

Bid me despair, and I`ll despair,
   Under that cypress tree;
Or bid me die, and I will dare
   E`en death, to die for thee.

Thou art my life, my love, my heart,
   The very eyes of me;
And hast command of every part,
   To live and die for thee.
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