Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE LITANY: 25, by JOHN DONNE



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First Line: That our ears' sickness we may cure
Last Line: That we may locke our eares, lord open thine.


That our eares sicknesse wee may cure,
And rectifie those Labyrinths aright;
That wee, by harkning, not procure
Our praise, nor others dispraise so invite;
That wee get not a slipperinesse
And senslesly decline,
From hearing bold wits jeast at Kings excesse,
To'admit the like of majestie divine;
That we may locke our eares, Lord open thine.





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