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To bucks and ewes by the Good Shepherd fed / The Priest delivers masses for the dead, / And even from estrays outside the fold / Death for the masses he would not withhold.
The Parson, loth alike to free or kill, / Forsakes the souls already on the grill, / And, God's prerogative of mercy shamming, / Spares living sinners for a harder damning.