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ON HIMSELF, UPON HEARING WHAT WAS HIS SENTENCE by JAMES GRAHAM (1612-1650)

First Line: LET THEM BESTOW ON EVERY AIRTH A LIMB
Last Line: AND CONFIDENT THOU'LT RAISE ME WITH THE JUST.
Subject(s): BIBLE; CAPITAL PUNISHMENT; MONTROSE, 5TH EARL & 1ST MARQUIS OF; RELIGION; HANGING; EXECUTIONS; DEATH PENALTY; GRAHAM, JAMES (1612-165); THEOLOGY;

Let them bestow on every airth a limb;
Open all my veins, that I may swim
To thee my Maker, in that crimson lake;
Then place my par-boiled head upon a stake;
Scatter my ashes, strew them in the air:
Lord since thou know'st where all these atoms are,
I'm hopeful thou'lt recover once my dust,
And confident thou'lt raise me with the just.




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