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THE LITANY: 8. THE PROPHETS by JOHN DONNE

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First Line: THY EAGLE-SIGHTED PROPHETS TOO
Last Line: IN SEEKING SECRETS, OR POETIQUENESSE.

Thy Eagle-sighted Prophets too,
Which were thy Churches Organs, and did sound
That harmony, which made of two
One law, and did unite, but not confound;
Those heavenly Poets which did see
Thy will, and it expresse
In rythmique feet, in common pray for mee,
That I by them excuse not my excesse
In seeking secrets, or Poetiquenesse.



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