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THE LITANY: 2. THE SON by JOHN DONNE

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First Line: O SON OF GOD, WHO SEEING TWO THINGS
Last Line: DROWN'D IN THY BLOOD, AND IN THY PASSION SLAINE.
O Sonne of God, who seeing two things,
Sinne, and death crept in, which were never made,
By bearing one, tryed'st with what stings
The other could thine heritage invade;
O be thou nail'd unto my heart,
And crucified againe,
Part not from it, though it from thee would part,
But let it be, by applying so thy paine,
Drown'd in thy blood, and in thy passion slaine.



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