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The heir of Heaven, henceforth I dread not Death! In Christ I live, in Christ I draw the breath Of the true life. Let Sea, and Earth, and Sky, Wage war against me: on my front I show The mighty Master’s seal! In vain they try To end my life, who can but end its woe.
The heir of Heaven, henceforth I dread not Death! In Christ I live, in Christ I draw the breath Of the true life. Let Sea, and Earth, and Sky, Wage war against me: on my front I show The mighty Master’s seal! In vain they try To end my life, who can but end its woe.
Approximate author period: c. 1803 AD · industrial
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- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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- Approximate author period: c. 1803 AD · industrial
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 50 · printed citation: Coleridge · subject: BAPTISM
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