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Thread #57478   Message #906473
Posted By: IanC
10-Mar-03 - 09:58 AM
Thread Name: Your Favourite Hymn
Subject: RE: Your Favourite Hymn
I think mine has to be "Lord & Father of Mankind".

This is despite the inherent irony that it was taken from a poem written by a Quaker who despised hymns (though more than 50 of his poems have been turned into hymns), and the particular irony that the original poem was likening church rituals (including the singing of hymns) to evil and wicked licentious activities.

Perhaps, as a Quaker myself, I like that kind of irony.

:-)