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ST. BARTHOLOMEW by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI

Poet Analysis

First Line: HE BORE AN AGONY WHEREOF THE NAME
Last Line: HATH MADE HIS FELLOWS QUAIL.
Subject(s): BARTHOLOMEW, SAINT (1ST CENTURY); SAINTS;
HE bore an agony whereof the name
Hath turned his fellows pale:
But what if God should call us to the same,
Should call, and we should fail?

Nor earth nor sea could swallow up our shame,
Nor darkness draw a veil:
For he endured that agony whose name
Hath made his fellows quail.



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