Classic and Contemporary Poetry
QUANTRAINS: CHURCH AND STATE, by FREDERIC ROWLAND MARVIN 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. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: YEE BOW by EDGAR LEE MASTERS CASSANDRA SOUTHWICK; 1658 by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER JOHN UNDERHILL by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER LATIMER AND RIDLEY, BURNED AT THE STAKE IN OXFORD, 1555 by WILLIAM EDMONSTOUNE AYTOUN THE NEW ANTHEM by NORMAN BOLKER ROGER WILLIAMS by HEZEKIAH BUTTERWORTH AN EXPOSTULATION WITH A SECTARIST, WHO INVEIGHED AGAINST THE CLERGY by JOHN BYROM ON THE GROUND OF TRUE AND FALSE RELIGION by JOHN BYROM A DIALOGUE BETWEEN TWO ZEALOTS UPON THE &C. IN THE OATH by JOHN CLEVELAND A MODERN PREACHER by FREDERIC ROWLAND MARVIN |
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