Living
I Saw upon His Pulpit-Perch
From Works and Life, ed. Forster, vol. VIII (1876)
Living
I saw upon his pulpit-perch
A well-fed gamecock of the church
Spread out his plumes, and heard him crow
To his lean pullets croucht below.
" Wretches! ye raise your throats to men
Who pry into your father's pen;
Look at your betters, do as they do,
And be content to chant a credo.'1''
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Landor, Walter Savage. “I Saw upon His Pulpit-Perch.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/946/.
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Landor, Walter Savage. “I Saw upon His Pulpit-Perch.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/946/.
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