She of Rome, she of riches
\nIndulged in all that she had to hand
\nAnd she, until the day she died
\nTo live like so, she planned.<\/p>\n
On death , is she to be judged
\nWith greed being her mortal sin
\nOr gluttony, or something similar
\nThat’s written in the Judgement Book within?<\/p>\n
She knew nothing else, a pagan she was
\nNo Apostle gave to her the Bibles word
\nGod will judge her fairly I think
\nAs to me, to condemn her would be absurd<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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