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A beggarly people,
A church and no steeple.
A beggarly people,
A church and no steeple.
God never had a church but there, men say,
The devil a chapel hath raised by some wiles,
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God never had a church but there, men say,
The devil a chapel hath raised by some wiles,
I doubted of this saw, till on a day
I westward spied great Edinburgh's Saint Giles.
Where God hath a temple, the devil will have a chapel.
Where God hath a temple, the devil will have a chapel.
Oh! St. Patrick was a gentleman,
Who came of decent people;
He built a church in Dublin read more
Oh! St. Patrick was a gentleman,
Who came of decent people;
He built a church in Dublin town,
And on it put a steeple.
In that temple of silence and reconciliation where the enmities
of twenty generations lie buried, in the Great Abbey, read more
In that temple of silence and reconciliation where the enmities
of twenty generations lie buried, in the Great Abbey, which has
during many ages afforded a quiet resting-place to those whose
minds and bodies have been shattered by the contentions of the
Great Hall.
As like a church and an ale-house, God and the devell, they manie
times dwell neere to ether.
As like a church and an ale-house, God and the devell, they manie
times dwell neere to ether.
It is common for those that are farthest from God, to boast
themselves most of their being near to read more
It is common for those that are farthest from God, to boast
themselves most of their being near to the Church.
Who builds a church to God, and not to Fame,
Will never mark the marble with his Name.
Who builds a church to God, and not to Fame,
Will never mark the marble with his Name.
Where Christ erecteth his church, the divell in the same
church-yarde will have his chappell.
Where Christ erecteth his church, the divell in the same
church-yarde will have his chappell.
