Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, ROCHESTER EXTEMPORE, by JOHN WILMOT


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First Line: And after singing psalm the twelfth
Last Line: "I am a rascal, that thou know'st!"
Alternate Author Name(s): Rochester, 2d Earl Of
Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Theology


And after singing Psalm the Twelfth,
He laid his book upon the shelf
And looked much simply like himself;
With eyes turned up, as white as ghost,
He cried, "Ah, Lard! ah, Lard of Hosts!
I am a rascal, that thou know'st!"





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