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POOR HODGE AND THE REV. SANS FOY; CHRISTMAS, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Poor hodge prays hard - the wise man smiles embowered
Last Line: The truth, with thirty pieces for his meed.
Subject(s): Christmas; Nativity, The


Poor Hodge prays hard - the wise man smiles embowered;
The priest-philosopher, who lurks within
That screen of Christmas hollies, though empowered
For other ends, takes pay for conscious sin:
What does the white-robed hireling, simpering thus
At his poor neighbour's spiritual desire?
Of all that honest faith incredulous,
The tainted vestal mocks the holy fire!
He lives beneath that little twinkling creed
Which counts for light at Tubingen; his list
Of Christian sympathies is brief indeed:
And yet he speaks right loyally for Christ!
Ah! traitorous lips! so Judas falsely kissed
The Truth, with thirty pieces for his meed.





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