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ON THE SACRAMENT by JOHN DONNE

Poet Analysis

First Line: HE WAS THE WORD THAT SPAKE IT
Last Line: I DO BELIEVE AND TAKE IT.
Subject(s): JESUS CHRIST;
He was the Word that spake it,
He took the bread and brake it;
And what that Word did make it,
I do believe and take it.



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