Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE LITANY: 5. THE VIRGIN MARY, by JOHN DONNE



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First Line: For that fair blessed mother-maid
Last Line: In vaine, who hath such titles unto you.


For that faire blessed Mother-maid,
Whose flesh redeem'd us; That she-Cherubin,
Which unlock'd Paradise, and made
One claime for innocence, and disseiz'd sinne,
Whose wombe was a strange heav'n, for there
God cloath'd himselfe, and grew,
Our zealous thankes wee poure. As her deeds were
Our helpes, so are her prayers; nor can she sue
In vaine, who hath such titles unto you.





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