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SPOKEN .. TO A COUNTRY CLERK .. HAVING HEARD HIM SING PSALMS by JOHN WILMOT

Poet Analysis

First Line: STERNHOLD AND HOPKINS HAD GREAT QUALMS
Last Line: BY GOD! 'TWOULD HAVE MADE HIM MAD.
Subject(s): BIBLE; HOPKINS, JOHN (D. 1570); STERNHOLD, THOMAS (D. 1549);
Sternhold and Hopkins had great qualms
When they translated David's psalms
To make the heart full glad;
But had it been poor David's fate
To hear thee sing, and them translate,
By God! 'twould have made him mad.



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