POPE AND CONGRESS.

The Papacy’s a curious thing;
The Pope comprises Priest and King.
Of King he is to be the least,
Because he is the greatest Priest.

What justice can a Prince decree
Like delegate of Deity?
What King should reign like him you call
The Vicar of the King of all?

If, then, the Pope his subjects rule
At best, no better than a fool,
His claim to Vicarship would seem
An imposition or a dream.

If what you deem a rock be sand,
You’ll build thereon what will not stand;
No scheme, within the smallest space,
Will do, with humbug for a base.

Napoleon, you’ll restrict, in vain,
To Rome alone the Pope’s domain;
The mischief you will but confine:
True Priest and bad King can’t combine.

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