Anita M. Bobe

COENOBITE, n. A man who piously shuts himself up to meditate upon the

sin of wickedness; and to keep it fresh in his mind joins a

brotherhood of awful examples.

O Coenobite, O coenobite,

Monastical gregarian,

You differ from the anchorite,

That solitudinarian:

With vollied prayers you wound Old Nick;

With dropping shots he makes him sick.

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