Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, QUANTRAINS: CHURCH AND STATE, by FREDERIC ROWLAND MARVIN



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QUANTRAINS: CHURCH AND STATE, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Behold the wedding of the church and state!
Last Line: With gold the other chokes the mouth of prayer.
Subject(s): Marriage; Religious Discrimination; Weddings; Husbands; Wives; Religious Conflict


Behold the wedding of the Church and State!
And lo, the bitter bridal of despair!
The one doth justice barter to the priest,
With gold the other chokes the mouth of Prayer.





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