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“This Thing that has entered me enjoins that we pray, and that all must kneel!”
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The speaker says that an unnamed “Thing” has entered them and is giving orders. Its command is religious: people must pray and kneel. The exclamation makes the statement sound urgent and forceful, while “This Thing” leaves the nature of the presence unexplained.
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- Cædmon’s Hymn electronic edition, citing William Kobe Ntsikana via Jordan (1973)
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