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Epigram: My Lord, There's a Christ'ning
From Miscellaneous Works (Waller, 1907)
Social Commentaries
MY Lord there's a Christ'ning the Officer said,
The Gossips are ready, the Cushions are laid :
What, without my leave ask'd ? said the Prelate inflam'd
Go lock up My Font, let the Infant be damn'd.
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MLA
Prior, Matthew. “Epigram: My Lord, There's a Christ'ning.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/prior/294/.
Chicago
Prior, Matthew. “Epigram: My Lord, There's a Christ'ning.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/prior/294/.
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