Stones from The Quarry or, Moods of Mind. By Henry Browne [i.e. Henry Ellison] |
ROME MEDIÆVAL; POPE AND KING. |
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ROME MEDIÆVAL; POPE AND KING.
“Under which king, Bezonian, speak or die,”Of Mortals is fair question; for whoso
Divided fealty would claim or show
Must needs election make, and stand thereby.
Not so with Popes; they may serve equally
Mammon and God! Souls disembodied go
With a turn o' Peter's keys, but bodies owe
Their “Peter's pence,” and temporality.
Up the tiara-Papal's triple crown
Ambition Spiritual climbs; like Mercury
A-tiptoe there, calls Heaven and Earth her own.
The while the nether parts, draped scenically
In robes Pontifical, are clay all down;
Hands in Men's pockets, on the lips a lie!
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