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A NEW DENOMINATION by ROWLAND EYLES EGERTON-WARBURTON

First Line: PHOEBE HAS LIVED A LIFE OF SCHISM
Last Line: "A PLYMOUTH BROTHER OR A YARMOUTH BLOATER?"
Subject(s): CONVERSION; GOSSIP;
PHŒBE has lived a life of schism,
Been every @3"ite,"@1 tried every @3"ism;"@1
Where rings the peal of pulpit thunder
Which she in turn has not sat under?
Each change of wind gives fresh occasion
For shifting to a new persuasion;
While wondering gossips, o'er their tea,
Each other ask, "What will she be,
When next the @3Times@1 shall as a convert quote her?—
A Plymouth Brother or a Yarmouth Bloater?"



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