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THE TWO MEN by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY

First Line: TWO MEN IN ME I FIND
Last Line: AND LEAVE IT ALL TO YOU UNDERSTAND.
Subject(s): RELIGION; THEOLOGY;
Two men in me I find,
Of very different mind, --
One strives at times for good,
And one, in earthlier mood,
With lower things is strangely intertwined.

The one is not all ills,
The other grace reveals;
But yet they are so mixed,
My soul doth stand betwixt,
And neither one nor other all fulfills.

I can but take my stand,
And bear a lusty hand, --
This one, my best to aid,
And that, to embuscade,
And leave it all to You understand.



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