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From: Great Works of Literature
Date: 19920101
Author:Donne, John

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Song

Go and catch a falling star, Get with child a mandrake root, Tell me where all past hours are, Or who cleft the Devil's foot; Teach me to hear mermaids singing, Or to keep off envy's stinging, Or find What wind Serves to advance an honest mind.

If thou be'st born to strange sights, Things invisible go see, Ride ten thousand days and nights, Till age snow white hairs on thee. Thou at thy return wilt tell me All strange wonders that befell thee, And swear, No where Lives a woman true and fair.

If thou find'st one, let me know, Such a pilgrimage were sweet; Yet do not, I ...

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