To a Literary Cleric

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To a Literary Cleric

I WOULD not have you scorn archdeaconships,

Or comfortable deaneries refuse;

Yet should I mourn, did these things quite

eclipse

Your mild and worthy Muse.

Nor shall I watch incurious your career,

For though your heart on things above be

set.

You lack not gifts such as avail us here,

And may reach Lambeth yet.

Title
To a Literary Cleric
Identifier
greatwar_watsonretro011
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Retrogression and Other Poems
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<html xmlns:tei="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><body><h1 align="center" class="head">To a Literary Cleric</h1><div class="stanza"><p class="line">I WOULD not have you scorn archdeaconships,</p><p class="line">Or comfortable deaneries refuse;</p><p class="line">Yet should I mourn, did these things quite</p><p class="line">eclipse</p><p class="line">Your mild and worthy Muse.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">Nor shall I watch incurious your career,</p><p class="line">For though your heart on things above be</p><p class="line">set.</p><p class="line">You lack not gifts such as avail us here,</p><p class="line">And may reach Lambeth yet.</p></div></body></html>