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Man And His Two Masters

by Gerald Massey

Gerald Massey

"YOU cannot serve two Masters," saith the Word.
But Satan nudges us and whispers, "Gammon!
You lend your Womankind to love the Lord,
And give Yourselves to serve and worship Mammon."




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Good poetry seems too simple and natural a thing that when we meet it we wonder that all men are not always poets. Poetry is nothing but healthy speech

• Henry David Thoreau



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