The Wounded Heart
Robert Herrick
1591 to 1674
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Reconstruct the poem by dragging each line into its correct position. Your goal is to reassemble the original poem as accurately as possible. As you move the lines, you'll see whether your arrangement is correct, helping you explore the poem's flow and meaning. You can also print out the jumbled poem to cut up and reassemble in the classroom. Either way, take your time, enjoy the process, and discover how the poet's words come together to create something truly beautiful.
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Yet do it to this end,—that I
Draw in't a wounded heart,
Come, bring your sampler, and with art
That heart to bleed, your's ne'er will ache
For me.
Not that I think that any dart
May by
Or pierce it any where;
This secret see,
Though you can make
And dropping here and there;
Can make your's bleed a tear,