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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A MODERN PREACHER, by FREDERIC ROWLAND MARVIN Poet's Biography
First Line: He was a preacher of the modern sort
Last Line: And well reported in the daily press.
Subject(s): Churches; Clergy; Religious Press; Sermons; Speech; Cathedrals; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Oratory; Orators
First Line: He was a preacher of the modern sort
Last Line: And well reported in the daily press.
Subject(s): Churches; Clergy; Religious Press; Sermons; Speech; Cathedrals; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Oratory; Orators
HE was a preacher of the modern sort,—
One third religious and two thirds a sport;
On Sunday preaching best to fill the pews,
A little Gospel and more human views;
His sermons spiced with lively "storm and stress,"
And well reported in the daily press.
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