(MANUSCRIPT) [Anon.] Lamentation; over a cow which died, with the hollow horn... [and] On a clergyman's [sic] being presented with a cow by some members of his congregation in less than a week of the death of his own... [N.p.]: , [n.d. poss. 18th or early 19th century]. A manuscript fragment. Approx 5 x 8 inches, irregular dimensions; folds, stains, ragged edges, splits along folds. A unique poem on each side, each in a different hand with unique initials of authorship. The "Lamentation" poem, in four four-line stanzas, grieves for a very special cow which died from the hollow horn: "Your sufferings, were beyond belief / It grieved us much to see your pain, / We gladly would have given relief / But all our efforts were in vain. / Our swill you now no more will drink, / Nor of our fodder will you eat, / Nor will you ever give us milk, / Or, fill our barrel, with your meat..." This poem ends by suggesting that the cow died as a sign from God "...because we too much praised our cow."" The corresponding poem shows the love of the congregation for their cow-less cleric: "Your people love you, for they sighed / And felt each one when your cow died / As though he'd lost his own / Convinced of this you may be now / For they have bought another cow / To make their friendship known..." The clergyman's poem shifts abruptly, praying that the love of the church members will be shared with Jesus Christ, and, mindful of the Apocalypse, that this love might "...correct, reform, amend / And by their works when time shall end, / Be to their Saviour shone..." Price: USD 50.00 other currencies   order no. 141337    inquire

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