Songs Controversial By Silent Long [i.e. T. T. Lynch] |
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A NEW PLAN. |
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VII. A NEW PLAN.
With Doddridge, Watts, and Cowper too,
Whoe'er casts in his lot,
Presuming for the Church to sing,
We'll let him know what's what:
Of better hymns than we deserve
We've quite enough provided;
And no man now shall innovate,
On that we're most decided.
Whoe'er casts in his lot,
Presuming for the Church to sing,
We'll let him know what's what:
Of better hymns than we deserve
We've quite enough provided;
And no man now shall innovate,
On that we're most decided.
'Twas said, Be kind as silly doves,
Wise as the cruel snake;
Each creature's evil leave behind,
It's excellency take:
But that won't do for times like these,
Heretical and loose;
We need the venom of the worm,
The folly of the goose.
Wise as the cruel snake;
Each creature's evil leave behind,
It's excellency take:
But that won't do for times like these,
Heretical and loose;
We need the venom of the worm,
The folly of the goose.
We'll peck, and bite, and sting, and scratch,
And hoot, and hiss, and bellow;
Till we have purified the Church
Of every quiet fellow:
If any one complain and frown,
Then this is our apology,
We must by all means bluster down
The Negative Theology.
And hoot, and hiss, and bellow;
Till we have purified the Church
Of every quiet fellow:
If any one complain and frown,
Then this is our apology,
We must by all means bluster down
The Negative Theology.
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