The Borough

by George Crabbe

They study words, for meanings grow perplex d,

And slowly hunt for truth from text to text,

Through Greek and Hebrew: - we the meaning seek

Of that within, who every tongue can speak:

This all can witness; yet the more I know,

The more a meek and humble mind I show.

“No; let the Pope, the high and mighty priest,

Lord to the poor, and servant to the Beast;

Let bishops, deans, and prebendaries swell

With pride and fatness till their hearts rebel: