When Praise-God Barebone’s name was read
Aloud in Parliament, did it inspire love of the Lord,
Did it give pause to those not in reverential
Frames of mind, did it bring a hush of awed
Encomium or even the briefest moment of silence?
Or did it merely induce ire and eye rolling,
Even among those who stood with Cromwell,
Fighting for the good old cause until the end?
