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Barley-break; Or Last In Hell

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Barley-break; Or Last In Hell by Robert Herrick

 We two are last in hell; what may we fear
To be tormented or kept pris'ners here I
Alas! if kissing be of plagues the worst,
We'll wish in hell we had been last and first.

Form: Heroic Couplet

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