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Here a little child I stand, Heaving up my either hand; Cold as Paddocks though they be, frogs Here I lift them up to Thee, For a benison to fall blessing On our meat, and on us all. Amen.
Here a little child I stand, Heaving up my either hand; Cold as Paddocks though they be, frogs Here I lift them up to Thee, For a benison to fall blessing On our meat, and on us all. Amen.
Approximate author period: c. 1632 AD · renaissance
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- Author or tradition
- Robert Herrick
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- Approximate author period: c. 1632 AD · renaissance
author lifetime midpoint (1591–1674)
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- My Commonplace Book (third English edition,1921) (1921 AD)
Page 239 · printed citation: Robert Herrick (1591-1674). · compiler notes excluded
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