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THE LITANY: 24 by JOHN DONNE

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First Line: THAT WE MAY CHANGE TO EVENNESS
Last Line: THAT WE MAY HEARE, LORD HEARE US, WHEN WEE PRAY.
That wee may change to evennesse
This intermitting aguish Pietie;
That snatching cramps of wickednesse
And Apoplexies of fast sin, may die;
That musique of thy promises,
Not threats in Thunder may
Awaken us to our just offices;
What in thy booke, thou dost, or creatures say,
That we may heare, Lord heare us, when wee pray.



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