Religion

To the Ghost of Robert Wisdome

by Richard Corbet 1582–1635

From Poems, ed. O. Gilchrist (1807)

Religion

Thou, once a body, now but aire,
Arch-botcher of a psalme or prayer,
From Carfax come;
And patch mee up a zealous lay,
With an old ever and for ay,
Or, all and some.
Or such a spirit lend mee,
As may a hymne downe send mee,
To purge my braine:
So, Robert, looke behind thee,
Least Turke or Pope doe find thee,
And goe to bed againe.

MLA

Corbet, Richard. “To the Ghost of Robert Wisdome.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/corbet/34/.

Chicago

Corbet, Richard. “To the Ghost of Robert Wisdome.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/corbet/34/.

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