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From Rome, with seals of pie-plate size,

The Pontiff’s plea was sent:

“Do not adopt the creed of Greeks—

It is not worth a cent!

The Patriarch of Tsarograd

Now spoke to Vladimir:

“O do not let that Antichrist

Befoul your noble ear!

The Synedrium of Rabbis

Now pleaded: “Do not heed,

O Tsar, the Greeks or Romans—

Accept old Moses’ creed!