Prayer for the pope
It is a fearful thing to be
The Pope.
That cross will not be laid on me
I hope.
A righteous God would not permit
It.
The Pope himself must often say
After the labours of the day,
“It is a fearful thing to be
Me.”
(A. E. Housman)
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