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THE CROSS by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON

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First Line: ALL DAY THE WORLD'S MAD MOCKING STRIFE
Last Line: A CRUCIFIXION IN MY DREAMS!
Subject(s): CRUCIFIXION; JESUS CHRIST - CRUCIFIXION;
All day the world's mad mocking strife,
The venomed prick of probing knife,
The baleful, subtle leer of scorn
That rims the world from morn to morn,
While reptile-visions writhe and creep
Into the very arms of sleep
To quench the fitful burnished gleams:
A crucifixion in my dreams!



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