He was the word that spake it
- DMI number:
- 9276
- First Line:
- He was the word that spake it
- Last Line:
- I do believe and take it
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Quatrain aaaa
- Themes:
- Religion[sacrament]
- Author:
- John Donne
- Confidence:
- Speculation (10%)
- Comments:
- Not in Smith. In Donne edns, 1635-69, but considered pure conjecture (Grierson, II, cxlvii; text in Appendix, I, 427). Also attributed to Queen Elizabeth 1.
- Title:
- Poems on several occasions. Written by the Reverend John Donne [T96902]
- Page No(s):
- p.304
- Poem Title:
- On the Sacrament.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Donne's name
- Attributed To:
- John Donne
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