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LIVE AND HELP LIVE by EDWIN MARKHAM

Poet Analysis

First Line: LIVE AND LET LIVE!' WAS THE CALL OF THE OLD
Last Line: THE CRY OF THE CHRIST FOR A COMRADE-LIKE EARTH.
Subject(s): JESUS CHRIST; RELIGION; THEOLOGY;
"Live and let live!" was the call of the Old—
The call of the world when the world was cold—
The call of men when they pulled apart—
The call of the race with a chill on the heart.
But "Live and help live!" is the cry of the New—
The cry of the world with the Dream shining through—
The cry of the Brother World rising to birth—
The cry of the Christ for a Comrade-like earth.



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