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THE LITANY: 5. THE VIRGIN MARY by JOHN DONNE

Poet Analysis

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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