Anthea laugh'd, and, fearing lest excess
Might stretch the cords of civil comeliness
She with a dainty blush rebuked her face,
And call'd each line back to his rule and space.
Anthea's Retractation
Robert Herrick
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Poem topics: space, face, laugh, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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