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THE LITANY: 3. THE HOLY GHOST by JOHN DONNE

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First Line: O HOLY GHOST, WHOSE TEMPLE I
Last Line: FIRE, SACRIFICE, PRIEST, ALTAR BE THE SAME.
O Holy Ghost, whose temple I
Am, but of mudde walls, and condensed dust,
And being sacrilegiously
Halfe wasted with youths fires, of pride and lust,
Must with new stormes be weatherbeat;
Double in my heart thy flame,
Which let devout sad teares intend; and let
(Though this glasse lanthorne, flesh, do suffer maime)
Fire, Sacrifice, Priest, Altar be the same.



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