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Donne on Sunday
(2)Divine Meditations
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Father, part of his double interest
Unto thy kingdom, thy Son gives me,
His jointure in the knotty Trinity
He keeps and gives me his death’s conquest.
This Lamb, whose death, with life the world hath blessed,
Was from the world’s beginning slain, and he
Hath made two wills, which with the legacy
of his and thy kingdom, do thy sons invest.
Yet such are thy laws, that men argue yet
Whether a man those statutes can fulfil;
None doth, but thy all-healing grace and Spirit
Revive again what law and letter kill.
They law’s abridgement, and thy last command
Is all but love; o let that last will stand!—John Donne, The Complete Poems (Penguin, 1971)
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2 Responses to “Donne on Sunday”
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“knotty trinity” wonderful pairing of words
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Laurie MacKellar November 15th, 2009 at 2:01 pm
It is amazing – those old poets could write
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