Sunday, May 26, 2013

praying


I appear'd before the archbishop,
And all the high commission;
I gave him no grace,
   But told him to his face,
That he favour'd superstition.
Boldly I preach, hate a cross, hate a surplice,
   Mitres, copes, and rochets;
Come hear me pray nine times a day,
   And fill your heads with crotchets.
                 -" Reliques of Ancient English Poetry."

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