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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON HIMSELF, UPON HEARING WHAT WAS HIS SENTENCE, by JAMES GRAHAM (1612-1650) Poet's Biography First Line: Let them bestow on every airth a limb Last Line: And confident thou'lt raise me with the just. Alternate Author Name(s): Montrose, 1st Marquis Of Variant Title(s): His Metrical Prayer;verses Composed On The Eve Of His Execution 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. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MYSTIC BOUNCE by TERRANCE HAYES MATHEMATICS CONSIDERED AS A VICE by ANTHONY HECHT UNHOLY SONNET 11 by MARK JARMAN SHINE, PERISHING REPUBLIC by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE COMING OF THE PLAGUE by WELDON KEES A LITHUANIAN ELEGY by ROBERT KELLY HEROIC LOVE by JAMES GRAHAM (1612-1650) |
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