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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE DEATH AND PASSION: 23, by ELIZABETH MIDDLETON
First Line: Unhappy merchant, thus t'expose thy lord
Last Line: Of him, who came, this sicke worlde to redeeme.
Subject(s): Death; Jesus Christ; Love; Religion; Resurrection, The; Dead, The; Theology
First Line: Unhappy merchant, thus t'expose thy lord
Last Line: Of him, who came, this sicke worlde to redeeme.
Subject(s): Death; Jesus Christ; Love; Religion; Resurrection, The; Dead, The; Theology
Unhappy merchant, Thus t'expose thy Lord
Our Saviour, and Redeemer to his foes
Thy price was small; And yet Thowe took'st theyr word
Whiche very well to all men might Disclose
Howe basely Thowe vile Creature didst esteeme
Of Him, who Came, this sicke worlde to Redeeme.
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