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A PRAYER TO ALL THE DEAD AMONG MINE OWN PEOPLE by NICHOLAS VACHEL LINDSAY

Poet Analysis

First Line: ARE THESE YOUR PRESENCES, MY CLAN FROM HEAVEN?
Last Line: FLY BY MY PATH TILL YOU HAVE MADE ME WHOLE!

Are these your presences, my clan from Heaven?
Are these your hands upon my wounded soul?
Mine own, mine own, blood of my blood be with me,
Fly by my path till you have made me whole!






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