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THE CENTURION TO THE DREAMER by HANIEL (CLARK) LONG

Poet Analysis

First Line: I ALSO HAD AUTHORITY
Last Line: WHILE THIS ALONE TO ME.

I also had authority
And soldiers did my will,
So have compassion, Thou, on me
And remedy my ill.

The sun descends in smoke and flame,
Disastrous is the field,
And now I can call upon Thy Name
That we, the dead, be healed.

My day is done; and to the full
Yearn I for life in Thee,
To Whom each dream is possible,
While this alone to me.



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