Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, WHO SHALL DELIVER?, by HENRY SEPTIMUS SUTTON


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First Line: He spake; - from vanity, it seem'd to be
Last Line: And save me from the body of this death.
Subject(s): Vanity


He spake; -- from vanity, it seem'd to be;
Was silent; still he saw 'twas vanity.
He own'd his vainness; vanity took possession
Of that most sad confession.
He vow'd to kill the weed, and strove to do 't,
And hew'd and hack'd down to the very root:
Alas, rank vanity would still be thriving
And prosp'ring even in that very striving.
Then fell he down and pray'd: -- Lord, take my breath,
And save me from the body of this death.





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