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An Owellian Harpoon

well from the belly of the whale                                                                                     we see the bars of the earth                                                                                           liken to Jonas personel hell                                                                                     awoke on dry land a second birth                                                                                    to tell all that surveil in the present                                                                              with eyes numerous as fish of the sea                                                                            The earth is the Lord's He only is omnipresent                                                               though they set there nest in the stars to peep                                                              even from there to be bought down to dread                                                                like David setting by a well guarding sheep                                                                     if they turn not away the lion and bear are dead                                                         sharper than any twoedged sword cutting both ways
I Hope they repent before the end of all days

Copyright © | Year Posted 2013




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