Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE LITANY: 4. THE TRINITY, by JOHN DONNE



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First Line: O blessed glorious trinity
Last Line: Of power, to love, to know, you unnumbered three.


O Blessed glorious Trinity,
Bones to Philosophy, but milke to faith,
Which, as wise serpents, diversly
Most slipperinesse, yet most entanglings hath,
As you distinguish'd undistinct
By power, love, knowledge bee,
Give mee a such selfe different instinct
Of these; let all mee elemented bee,
Of power, to love, to know, you unnumbered three.





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