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JAMES AND JOHN by JOHN HENRY NEWMAN

Poet Analysis

First Line: TWO BROTHERS FREELY CAST THEIR LOT
Last Line: MAKES TIMES AND WAYS HIS OWN.
TWO brothers freely cast their lot
With David's royal Son;
The cost of conquest counting not,
They deem the battle won.

Brothers in heart, they hope to gain
An undivided joy;
That man may one with man remain,
As boy was one with boy.

Christ heard; and will'd that James should fall,
First prey of Satan's rage;
John linger out his fellows all,
And die in bloodless age.

Now they join hands once more above,
Before the Conqueror's throne;
Thus God grants prayer, but in His love
Makes times and ways His own.



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