Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EPIGRAM ON SEEING A WORTHY PRELATE GO OUT OF CHURCH, by JONATHAN SWIFT Poet's Biography First Line: Lord pam in the church (could you think it) kneeled down Last Line: Since god had no hand in his lordship's promotion. Subject(s): Clergy; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops | ||||||||
Lord Pam in the church (could you think it) kneeled down, When told the Lieutenant was just come to town, His station despising, unawed by the place, He flies from his God, to attend on his Grace: To the court it was fitter to pay his devotion, Since God had no hand in his Lordship's promotion. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE SONG OF THE DEMENTED PRIEST by JOHN BERRYMAN HORATIO ALGER (1834-1899) by MADELINE DEFREES ELEGIES FOR THE OCHER DEER ON THE WALLS AT LASCAUX by NORMAN DUBIE IN THE TIME OF FALSE MESSIAHS; CIRCA 1648 by NORMAN DUBIE THE GUARDIAN OF THE RED DISK (SPOKEN BY A CITIZEN OF MALTA - 1300) by EMMA LAZARUS DOMESDAY BOOK: FATHER WHIMSETT by EDGAR LEE MASTERS DOMESDAY BOOK: REV. PERCY FERGUSON by EDGAR LEE MASTERS THIS SIDE OF CALVIN by PHYLLIS MCGINLEY WHAT WAS LEFT OVER; FOR SUJATA BHATT by ELEANOR WILNER A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG NYMPH GOING TO BED by JONATHAN SWIFT |
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