And wondered that sinners had never thought
Of this way of praising before.
A clatter is heard at the outer gate
When the prayer is half-way through;
'T is Mrs. Smythers, who mounts the aisle
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And noisily enters her pew.
The prayer is over; a holy hush
Pervades the assembled throng.
"I wonder," I hear a young lady say,
"Why S - wears her train so long."
"Te Deum Laudamus" the choir sings
To the Maker of heaven and earth,
While I hear the answer whispered back,
"She got it last year from Worth."
Again the people resettle themselves,
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