He played with both politics and power,
Balancing between his Lord and Master,
Advised the emperor in his tower,
Before all else he served as a pastor:
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And with the breath of death, the throne replaced;
He came to save Rome as God's messenger,
Henry the fourth, the Pope he did deface,
The Church insulted, lay investiture:
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Despite all the worldly distractions,
He never became blind to what mattered,
He tended to his flock without factions,
Those guilty of simony, he scattered:
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You walked the line between Earth and Heaven,
Either work or faith, what's my concession?
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Saintly Sonnets
PoetryA collection of sonnets based around saints. I just need something else to write about.
