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THE LITANY: 6. THE ANGELS by JOHN DONNE

Poet Analysis

First Line: AND SINCE THIS LIFE OUR NONAGE IS
Last Line: WORTHY THEIR SIGHT, THOUGH BLINDE IN HOW THEY SEE.
And since this life our nonage is,
And wee in Wardship to thine Angels be,
Native in heavens faire Palaces,
Where we shall be but denizen'd by thee,
As th'earth conceiving by the Sunne,
Yeelds faire diversitie,
Yet never knowes which course that light doth run,
So let mee study, that mine actions bee
Worthy their sight, though blinde in how they see.



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