Notes
22] See 1 Corinthians 15: 51-57.
Behold, I show you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?
The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.
But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Online text copyright © 2009, Ian Lancashire (the Department of English) and the University of Toronto.
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Original text: Rev. Studdert Kennedy, M.C., C.F. ("Woodbine Willy"),
More Rough Rhymes of a Padre (London:
Hodder and Stoughton, 1919): 88-89. 1919 (5) 168 Cambridge University Library
First publication date:
1919
RPO poem editor: Ian Lancashire
RP edition: 2003
Recent editing: 1:2003/8/10
Rhyme: abcb