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Subject: PRESBYTERIANISM
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` CHRISTIANITY HOPPING, by LAURA TOHE    Poem Source                    
First Line: On sunday mornings we were presbyterian so we could drink coffee and
Last Line: Then we got lost somewhere upstairs
Subject(s): Christianity; Churches; Native Americans - Religion; Presbyterianism; Religion - Reformers


HUDIBRAS: PART 1, by SAMUEL BUTLER (1612-1680)    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Sir hudibras his passing worth
Last Line: Already tir'd with other toil.
Subject(s): Cromwell, Oliver (1599-1658); Freedom; Great Britain - History; Presbyterianism; Liberty; English History


HUDIBRAS: PART 2, by SAMUEL BUTLER (1612-1680)    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The knight by damnable magician
Last Line: For sport of boys, and rabble-wit.
Subject(s): Cromwell, Oliver (1599-1658); Magic; Presbyterianism


HUDIBRAS: PART 3, by SAMUEL BUTLER (1612-1680)    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The knight and squire resolve, at once
Last Line: As if they were the better women.
Subject(s): Cromwell, Oliver (1599-1658); Presbyterianism


ON THE NEW FORCES OF CONSCIENCE UNDER THE LONG PARLIAMENT, by JOHN MILTON    Poem Text     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Because you have thrown off your prelate lord
Last Line: New presbyter is but old priest writ large.
Variant Title(s): On The New Forcers Of Conscience Under The Long Parliament
Subject(s): Freedom; Great Britain - Parliament; Presbyterianism; Liberty


THE PRESBYTERIAN WEDDING, by ANONYMOUS    Poem Text                    
First Line: A certain presbyterian pair
Last Line: The parson sung a psalm
Subject(s): Presbyterianism