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THE IMAGE by THOMAS TRAHERNE

Poet Analysis

First Line: IF I BE LIKE MY GOD, MY KING
Last Line: LIKE ME TO LIE.
Subject(s): CREATION; MANKIND; HUMAN RACE;
If I be like my God, my King
(Tho not a cherubim),
I will not care,
Since all my powers derived are
From none but Him.
The best of images shall I
Comprised in me see;
For I can spy
All angels in the Deity
Like me to lie.


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