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Emblemes (1635) and Hieroglyphikes (1638)

[in the critical edition by John Horden]

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EPIGRAM 2.

[Why Apples, O my soule? Can they remove]

Why Apples, O my soule? Can they remove
The Pangs of Griefe, or ease the flames of love?
It was that Fruit which gave the first offence;
That sent him hither; that remov'd him hence.