<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=340783" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Sterile sermons</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">An old church stands with a spired steeple<br>Amidst the townspeople at Fox and Main<br>Where the hypocrites pray for sinful souls<br>And clergy holds sermons that entertain.<br>Within this sanctuary lined with pews<br>And opalescent glass and glittering gold<br>Odoriferous breaths of morning booze<br>Betray inebriants among the fold.<br>The Sunday sermon lectures temperance<br>Its message they heard many times before<br>The spoken words make no difference<br>Because people don’t heed them anymore.<br>The pimps and sots, sinners all congregate<br>Buying forgiveness while passing the plate.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Albert+Ahearn">Albert Ahearn</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=340783" data-title="Sterile sermons de Albert Ahearn" data-description="An old church stands with a spired steeple Amidst the townspeople at Fox and Main Where the hypocrites pray for sinful souls And clergy holds sermons that entertain. Within this sanctuary lined with pews And opalescent glass and glittering gold Od..."></div> </div> </div>

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