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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON THE SACRAMENT, by JOHN DONNE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: He was the word that spake it
Last Line: I do believe and take it.
Variant Title(s): The Sacrament;this Is My Body
Subject(s): Jesus Christ
First Line: He was the word that spake it
Last Line: I do believe and take it.
Variant Title(s): The Sacrament;this Is My Body
Subject(s): Jesus Christ
He was the Word that spake it,
He took the bread and brake it;
And what that Word did make it,
I do believe and take it.
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