 | 'Twixt Kiss and Lip or Under the Sword. By the author of "Women Must Weep," [i.e. F. W. O. Ward] Third edition |  |
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TO BISHOP KING.
Right reverend Bishop, kindly ever,Though bigots hate and hunt thee down
With persecution, no endeavour
Can take away thy saintly crown;
If fanatics against thee thunder
Confusion, at their prayers or wine,
And nod the Law and Learning blunder,
Thou rulest yet by right divine;
To Church and faith and duty loyal,
Should coward stab or vermin sting,
Thou hast a heart serenely royal,
And of our love art chosen King.
| 'Twixt Kiss and Lip or Under the Sword. By the author of "Women Must Weep," [i.e. F. W. O. Ward] Third edition | |