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Show Shipton Prophecy Printed In Response to Requests The following prophecy is printed print-ed here in response to requests by Springville Herald subscribers: subscrib-ers: "For several generations, Mother Mo-ther Shipton's poem on the future fu-ture has held public attention as one of the marvels of religious literature. li-terature. With amazing accuracy, it pulled the veil aside and revealed, re-vealed, many of the major developments devel-opments of the world in advance. "It is generally conceded that Mother Shipton was born in Norfolk, Nor-folk, England, more than five hundred years ago. She is reported report-ed to have died in 1449. "From her writings, it is evident evi-dent that she had a natural bent towards things prophetic. She looked down the vista of the centuries cen-turies to the 'latter days.' "It will be noted that she anticipated an-ticipated coming wars, the moral breakdown of the nations, and such modern inventions as the radio, submarines, ocean liners, airplanes, etc." The prophetic poem: And now a word in uncouth rhyme Of what shall be in future time; For in those wondrous far-off days, The women shall adopt a craze To dress like men and trousers wear And cut off all their locks of hair. They'll ride astride with brazen brow, As witches do on broomsticks now. Then love shall die and marriage cease, And nations wane as babes decrease. de-crease. Then wives shall fondle cats and dogs And men live much the same as hogs. A carriage without horse shall go; Disaster fill the world with woe. In Lnodon, Primrose Hill shall be, Its center hold a Bishop's See. Around the world men's thoughts shall fly Quick as the twinkle of an eye. And waters shall great wonders do How strange, and yet it shall come true. Then upside down the world shall be, And gold found at the root of tree. Through towering hills proud man shall ride. No horse or mule move by his side. Beneath waters men shall walk, Shall ride, shall sleep, and even talk; And in the air men shall be seen In white, in black, as well as green. A great man then shall come and go, For prophecy declares it so. In water iron then shall float As easy as a wooden boat. Gold shall be found In streams and stone, In land that is yet unknown. Water and fire shall wonders do (steam) , And England shall admit a Jew. The Jew that once was held In scorn Shall of a Christian then be born. A house of glass shall come to pass (The Crystal Palace) In England but, alas! alas! A war will follow with the work Where dwells the pagan and the Turk. The states will lock in fiercest strife, And seek to take each other's life; When North shall thus divide the South, The eagle builds in lion's mouth. Then tax and blood and cruel war Shall come to every humble door. Then, when the fiercest fight is done England and France shall be as one, The British olive next shall twine In marriage with the German vine. Men shall walk beneath and o'er streams Fulfilled shall be our strangest dreams. All England's sons that plow the land Shall oft be seen with book in hand. The poor shall now great wisdom know, And water wind where corn doth grow. Great houses stand in far-flung vale All covered o'er with snow and hail. In nineteen hundred twenty-six. Build houses light of straw and sticks, For then shall mighty wars be planned. When pictures seem alive with movements free, When boats like fishes swim beneath be-neath the sea. When men like birds shall scour the sky, Then half this world, deep drenched in blood shall die. But those who live to see all this through, In fear and trembling this will do: Flee to the mountains and the dens To bog and forest and wild fens. For storms will rage and oceans roar, When Gabriel stands on sea and shore. And as he blows his wondrous horn Old worlds shall die and new be born. |