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Batter my heart, three-personed god, for you as yet but knock; breathe, shine, and seek to mend; that i may rise, and stand, o'erthrow me, and bend your force to break, blow, burn, and make me new.
-John Donne
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Batter My Heart, Three-personed God, For You

John Donne
Batter my heart, three-personed god, for you as yet but knock; breathe, shine, and seek to mend; that i may rise, and stand, o'erthrow me, and bend your force to break, blow, burn, and make me new.
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