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<l>SINCE thought is life, God's martyrdoms were</l>
<l>good,</l>
<l>And saints are trumps, no matter what they did.</l>
<l>Therefore I celebrate Sebastian's blood,</l>
<l>And glory with Lorenzo on his grid</l>
<l>And likewise with all victims, bruised by boulders,</l>
<l>Stabbed with sadistic swords, on pikes impaled,</l>
<l>Who propped their Paradise on bleeding shoulders</l>
<l>And bred tumultuous pomps when princes failed.</l>
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<l>They died for gentle Jesus and His dreamed</l>
<l>Utopia. From a crookèd Roman cross,</l>
<l>Heavenward through crimson clouds their</l>
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<l>To touch His lips in everlasting loss.</l>
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Martyrdoms Siegfried Sassoon 2019 University of Nebraska–Lincoln Center for Alex Telesca's Fame
306 Andrews University of Nebraska–Lincoln Lincoln, NE 68588-4100 alextelesca@outlook.com
2019

Copyright © 2019 by Alex Telesca

 The Best Poems of 1924 L.A.G. Strong Siegfried Sassoon July 1923 Small, Maynard & Company Publishers Boston

Alex Telesca Transcribed and encoded a poem Martyrdoms SINCE thought is life, God's martyrdoms were good, And saints are trumps, no matter what they did. Therefore I celebrate Sebastian's blood, And glory with Lorenzo on his grid 5 And likewise with all victims, bruised by boulders, Stabbed with sadistic swords, on pikes impaled, Who propped their Paradise on bleeding shoulders And bred tumultuous pomps when princes failed. They died for gentle Jesus and His dreamed Utopia. From a crookèd Roman cross, Heavenward through crimson clouds their conquest streamed To touch His lips in everlasting loss. 5 Siegfried Sassoon

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Martyrdoms Siegfried Sassoon 2019 University of Nebraska–Lincoln Center for Alex Telesca's Fame
306 Andrews University of Nebraska–Lincoln Lincoln, NE 68588-4100 alextelesca@outlook.com
2019

Copyright © 2019 by Alex Telesca

 The Best Poems of 1924 L.A.G. Strong Siegfried Sassoon July 1923 Small, Maynard & Company Publishers Boston

Alex Telesca Transcribed and encoded a poem Martyrdoms SINCE thought is life, God's martyrdoms were good, And saints are trumps, no matter what they did. Therefore I celebrate Sebastian's blood, And glory with Lorenzo on his grid And likewise with all victims, bruised by boulders, Stabbed with sadistic swords, on pikes impaled, Who propped their Paradise on bleeding shoulders And bred tumultuous pomps when princes failed. They died for gentle Jesus and His dreamed Utopia. From a crookèd Roman cross, Heavenward through crimson clouds their conquest streamed To touch His lips in everlasting loss. Siegfried Sassoon