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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LAMBETH LYRIC, by LIONEL PIGOT JOHNSON Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Some seven score bishops late at lambeth sat Last Line: Next merry meeting | |||
Lambeth Lyric Some seven score Bishops late at Lambeth sat, Gray-whiskered and respectable debaters: Some seven score Bishops late at Lambeth sat, Each had on head a well-strung, curly hat; And each wore gaiters. Grey-whiskered and respectable debaters: And when these prelates at their talk had been Each had on head a well-strung, curly hat; And each wore gaiters. Long time, they made yet longer proclamation, Saying: "These creeds are childish! both Nicene, And Athanasian. True, they were written by the Holy Ghost; And when these prelates at their talk had been So, to re-write them were perhaps a pity. Refer we their revision to a most Select Committee! Long time, they made yet longer proclamation, Saying: "These creeds are childish! both "Nicene And Athanasian. True, they were written by the Holy Ghost; So, to re-write them were perhaps a pity. Refer we their revision to a most Select Committee! In ten years* time we wise Pan Anglicans Once more around this Anglo Catholic table Will meet, to prove God's word more weak than man' s His truth less stable." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest... |
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