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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Or pierce it any where;
And dropping here and there;
This secret see,
May by
For me.
Yet do it to this end,—that I
Can make your's bleed a tear,
Come, bring your sampler, and with art
Though you can make
Not that I think that any dart
That heart to bleed, your's ne'er will ache
Draw in't a wounded heart,