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RESURRECTION SONG by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES

Poet Analysis

First Line: THREAD THE NERVES THROUGH THE RIGHT HOLES
Last Line: AND PULL UP THE NOSTRILS! HIS NOSE WAS SNUB.
Subject(s): JESUS CHRIST; RESURRECTION, THE; SINGING & SINGERS; SONGS;
Thread the nerves through the right holes,
Get out of my bones, you wormy souls.
Shut up my stomach, the ribs are full:
Muscles be steady and ready to pull.
Heart and artery merrily shake
And eyelid go up, for we're ready to wake.—
His eye must be brighter—one more rub!
And pull up the nostrils! his nose was snub.



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