What
a gloomy garden grows
In
New England ground,
Yankees
trudging
Haltingly
along,
Cultivated
By
a curious cast
Of
women – Anne Hutchinson
The
headstrong heretic;
Ann
Lee, the Shaker queen;
Beth
Stanton, suffragette;
Mary
Baker Eddy,
Modern
Gnostic.
The
Son, shaded
By
their wild demeanor,
Can
only bring forth
A
yield of souls
Stunted
and deformed.
Darkness! Darkness!
Witches
and the devil
Prowling
round the land!
Waken! Waken!
The
memory
Of
Mother Ethelburga,
Barking’s
first abbess
At
your ancient home
In
Essex county.
What
a host of saints
And
wonders sprouted there –
. . .
The rest is at https://www.newenglishreview.org/articles/covens-and-convents/.
A brief look at the life
of St Ethelburga:
https://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2018/10/saint-ethelburga-of-barking-686.html
--
Holy
Ælfred the Great, King of England, South Patron, pray for us sinners at the Souð, unworthy though we are!
Anathema
to the Union!
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