Bit of theological doggerel
September 28th 2010 08:06
Here's the next in the quotes series
from my old geocities website:
The following poem was found in an old book on OC Books' secondhand shelves. It has no author, although the book once belonged to Gerry (?) Wiltshire, who studied at St John's College, Auckland, NZ, in 1924.
It looks as though the poem was written in March 1980, but its style seems a good deal older than that. OC Books is the name of the shop I used to manage for many years; the 'Book' in the poem is the Bible.
from my old geocities website:
The following poem was found in an old book on OC Books' secondhand shelves. It has no author, although the book once belonged to Gerry (?) Wiltshire, who studied at St John's College, Auckland, NZ, in 1924.
For days I've searched the Book with diligence
To find a passage or a reference
To match yours from Deuteronomy
Where you're empowered with autonomy
To proceed along in lower gear
For the remainder of the year.
But somehow I cannot find
A verse to say what I had in mind.
So if there's a function you detesteth
Remain absent, Neil - we will explain -
"This Year the Vicar Resteth!"
To find a passage or a reference
To match yours from Deuteronomy
Where you're empowered with autonomy
To proceed along in lower gear
For the remainder of the year.
But somehow I cannot find
A verse to say what I had in mind.
So if there's a function you detesteth
Remain absent, Neil - we will explain -
"This Year the Vicar Resteth!"
It looks as though the poem was written in March 1980, but its style seems a good deal older than that. OC Books is the name of the shop I used to manage for many years; the 'Book' in the poem is the Bible.
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