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A MIDDLE AGE INTERLUDE	A
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ROSA MUNDI SEU FULCITE ME FLORIBUS	B
A CONCEIT OF MASTER GYSBRECHT	A
CANON REGULAR OF SAID JODOCUS BY THE BAR	C
YPRES CITY CANTUQUE Virgilius	B
AND HATH OFTEN BEEN SUNG	D
AT HOCK TIDE AND FESTIVALES GAVISUS	B
ERAM Jessides	B
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It would seem to be a glimpse from the	E
burning of Jacques du Bourg Mulay at Paris	B
A D as distorted by the refraction from	F
Flemish brain to brain during the course of	G
a couple of centuries	B
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Molay was Grand Master of the Templars	B
when that order was suppressed in	H
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I	-
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PREADMONISHETH THE ABBOT DEODAET	A
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The Lord we look to once for all	I
Is the Lord we should look at all at once	B
He knows not to vary saith Saint Paul	I
Nor the shadow of turning for the nonce	B
See him no other than as he is	B
Give both the infinitudes their due	A
Infinite mercy but I wis	B
As infinite a justice too	A
Organ plagal cadence	B
As infinite a justice too	A
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II	-
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ONE SINGETH	E
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John Master of the Temple of God	A
Falling to sin the Unknown Sin	H
What he bought of Emperor Aldabrod	A
He sold it to Sultan Saladin	H
Till caught by Pope Clement a buzzing there	J
Hornet prince of the mad wasps' hive	K
And clipt of his wings in Paris square	J
They bring him now to be burned alive	K
And wanteth there grace of lute or	L
clavicithern ye shall say to confirm	M
him who singeth	E
We bring John now to be burned alive	K
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III	-
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In the midst is a goodly gallows built	A
'Twixt fork and fork a stake is stuck	N
But first they set divers tumbrils a tilt	A
Make a trench all round with the city muck	N
Inside they pile log upon log good store	L
Faggots no few blocks great and small	I
Reach a man's mid thigh no less no more	L
For they mean he should roast in the sight of all	I
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CHORUS	B
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We mean he should roast in the sight of all	I
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IV	K
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Good sappy bavins that kindle forthwith	E
Billets that blaze substantial and slow	O
Pine stump split deftly dry as pith	E
Larch heart that chars to a chalk white glow	O
Then up they hoist me John in a chafe	K
Sling him fast like a hog to scorch	P
Spit in his face then leap back safe	K
Sing Laudes'' and bid clap to the torch	P
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CHORUS	B
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Laus Deo who bids clap to the torch	P
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V	K
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John of the Temple whose fame so bragged	A
Is burning alive in Paris square	J
How can he curse if his mouth is gagged	A
Or wriggle his neck with a collar there	J
Or heave his chest which a band goes round	A
Or threat with his fist since his arms are spliced	A
Or kick with his feet now his legs are bound	A
Thinks John I will call upon Jesus Christ	A
Here one crosseth himself	K
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VI	K
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Jesus Christ John had bought and sold	A
Jesus Christ John had eaten and drunk	Q
To him the Flesh meant silver and gold	A
Salv a reverenti a	E
Now it was Saviour bountiful lamb	R
I have roasted thee Turks though men roast me	K
See thy servant the plight wherein I am	R
Art thou a saviour Save thou me ''	-
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CHORUS	B
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'Tis John the mocker cries Save thou me ''	-
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VII	K
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Who maketh God's menace an idle word	A
Saith it no more means what it proclaims	B
Than a damsel's threat to her wanton bird	A
For she too prattles of ugly names	B
Saith he knoweth but one thing what he knows	B
That God is good and the rest is breath	E
Why else is the same styled Sharon's rose	B
Once a rose ever a rose he saith	E
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CHORUS	B
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O John shall yet find a rose he saith	E
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VIII	K
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Alack there be roses and roses John	S
Some honied of taste like your leman's tongue	D
Some bitter for why roast gaily on	S
Their tree struck root in devil's dung	D
When Paul once reasoned of righteousness	B
And of temperance and of judgment to come	F
Good Felix trembled he could no less	B
John snickering crook'd his wicked thumb	F
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CHORUS	B
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What cometh to John of the wicked thumb	F
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IX	B
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Ha ha John plucketh now at his rose	B
To rid himself of a sorrow at heart	A
Lo petal on petal fierce rays unclose	B
Anther on anther sharp spikes outstart	A
And with blood for dew the bosom boils	B
And a gust of sulphur is all its smell	T
And lo he is horribly in the toils	B
Of a coal black giant flower of hell	T
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CHORUS	B
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What maketh heaven That maketh hell	T
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X	B
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So as John called now through the fire amain	S
On the Name he had cursed with all his life	K
To the Person he bought and sold again	S
For the Face with his daily buffets rife	K
Feature by feature It took its place	B
And his voice like a mad dog's choking bark	U
At the steady whole of the Judge's face	B
Died Forth John's soul flared into the dark	U
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SUBJOINETH THE ABBOT DEODAET	A
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God help all poor souls lost in the dark	U
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Fagots	B

Robert Browning

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