A CHARM, OR AN ALLAY FOR LOVE.
by Robert Herrick


IF so be a toad be laid
In a sheep's-skin newly flay'd,
And that tied to a man, 'twill sever
Him and his affections ever.


Allay, alleviation.

Source:
Herrick, Robert. Works of Robert Herrick. vol II.
Alfred Pollard, ed.
London, Lawrence & Bullen, 1891. 8.
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