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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE IMAGE, by THOMAS TRAHERNE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: If I be like my god, my king
Last Line: Like me to lie.
Subject(s): Creation; Mankind; Human Race
First Line: If I be like my god, my king
Last Line: Like me to lie.
Subject(s): Creation; Mankind; Human Race
If I be like my God, my King
(Tho not a cherubim),
I will not care,
Since all my powers derived are
From none but Him.
The best of images shall I
Comprised in me see;
For I can spy
All angels in the Deity
Like me to lie.
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