He sailed to the Church's eldest daughter,
Where he attended university,
It was in France where he became father,
And on the Psalms he wrote commentary:
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To his own native land he would return,
And many abbeys he would come to found,
In makeshift huts his monks would come to learn,
From Fountains abbey, they would break new ground:
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And he would champion holy reform,
Of his great order of Bernardines,
Tales tell with women he'd himself adorn,
But he was cleared by that Burgundian:
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It is from your alleged allegation,
I learned to defend my reputation.
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Saintly Sonnets
PoetryA collection of sonnets based around saints. I just need something else to write about.
