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ECHOES FROM THE PAINTED PORCH by MINNIE FAEGRE KNOX

First Line: MY FATHERS BUILT A GRISLY HELL
Last Line: THAN I WHO COLDLY MOCK THEIR ERROR.
Subject(s): WORSHIP;
My fathers built a grisly hell,
And throned it with an evil peer;
Their sweetest joys breathed brimstone smell—
Naught else but worship was their fear.

But worship stabs the heart awake,
Be it from love or ghostly terror;
And happier they who praise and quake
Than I who coldly mock their error.



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