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HOLY SONNET: ASCENTION by JOHN DONNE

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First Line: SALUTE THE LAST AND EVERLASTING DAY
Last Line: DEIGNE AT MY HANDS THIS CROWNE OF PRAYER AND PRAISE.
Subject(s): BIBLE; RELIGION; THEOLOGY;

@3Salute the last and everlasting day,@1
Joy at the uprising of this Sunne, and Sonne,
Yee whose just teares, or tribulation
Have purely washt, or burnt your drossie clay;
Behold the Highest, parting hence away,
Lightens the darke clouds, which hee treads upon,
Nor doth hee by ascending, show alone,
But first hee, and hee first enters the way.
O strong Ramme, which hast batter'd heaven for mee,
Mild Lambe, which with thy blood, hast mark'd the path;
Bright Torch, which shin'st, that I the way may see,
Oh, with thy owne blood quench thy owne just wrath,
And if thy holy Spirit, my Muse did raise,
@3Deigne at my hands this crowne of prayer and praise.@1



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