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QUANTRAINS: CHURCH AND STATE by FREDERIC ROWLAND MARVIN

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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