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THE CHURCHMAN'S THREE WISHES IN FAVOUR OF THE BURIAL BILL, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: A churchman, three things in this christian land
Last Line: Not solemnized in lent.
Alternate Author Name(s): Egerton-warburton, R. E.
Subject(s): Christianity; Funerals; Religion; Wishes; Burials; Theology


A CHURCHMAN, three things in this Christian land
I long ere I die to see:
A mitred bishop whose heart could withstand
And scorn popularity.

A minster with altar and choir deck'd out
As in older times they were;
The vast nave throng'd with a crowd devout
Of worshippers kneeling there.

The third and last thing which I earnestly pray
To see, and then die content,
Is a Royal Wedding, for once in a way
Not solemnized in Lent.





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