‘Twas an everyday affair—
Long ago as Christ and Peter—
‘Warmed them’ at the ‘Temple fire.’
‘Thou wert with him’—quoth ‘the Damsel’?
‘No’—said Peter, ’twasn’t me—
Jesus merely ‘looked’ at Peter—
Could I do aught else—to Thee?
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The Soul to entertainWith Silence as a CompanyAnd Festival maintainIs an unfurnished CircumstancePossession is to OneAs an Estate perpetualOr a reduceless Mine.