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NUMBER:15499
QUOTATION:Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
So I make an idle boast;
Jesus of the twice-turned cheek
Lamb of God, although I speak
With my mouth thus, in my heart
Do I play a double part.
ATTRIBUTION:Countee Cullen (1903–1946), U.S. poet. Heritage (l. 93–98). . .

My Soul’s High Song; the Collected Writings of Countee Cullen, Voice of the Harlem Renaissance. É Gerald Early, ed. (1991) Doubleday.
 
 
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