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THE LITANY: 25 by JOHN DONNE

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First Line: THAT OUR EARS' SICKNESS WE MAY CURE
Last Line: THAT WE MAY LOCKE OUR EARES, LORD OPEN THINE.
That our eares sicknesse wee may cure,
And rectifie those Labyrinths aright;
That wee, by harkning, not procure
Our praise, nor others dispraise so invite;
That wee get not a slipperinesse
And senslesly decline,
From hearing bold wits jeast at Kings excesse,
To'admit the like of majestie divine;
That we may locke our eares, Lord open thine.



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