Religion
Here's a Weapon Now
From Songs from the Waverley Novels (Poetical Works, Oxford 1904)
Religion
HERE'S a weapon now,
Shall shake a conquering general in his tent,
A monarch on his throne, or reach a prelate,
However holy be his offices,
E'en while he serves the altar.
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Codex Note
From Anne of Geierstein (1829)
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Scott, Walter. “Here's a Weapon Now.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/scott/290/.
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Scott, Walter. “Here's a Weapon Now.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/scott/290/.
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