 | Churchill defended, a poem |  |
Thou! whose Omniscience doth at once descry
Whether I speak the Truth, or speak a Lie,
Knowest how much I venerate the Code
That only shows us Heaven's unerring Road;
And should no future Life our Death await,
Bespeaks most Comfort for our present State;
Knowest, whenever I have weakly err'd,
No fix'd bad Principle the Action stirr'd;
That it was never Sophistry's Pretence,
By which I was misled, nor merely Sense,
But when of Innocence I dropt the Care,
'Twas Gaiety seduced me, or Despair.
Whether I speak the Truth, or speak a Lie,
Knowest how much I venerate the Code
That only shows us Heaven's unerring Road;
And should no future Life our Death await,
Bespeaks most Comfort for our present State;
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No fix'd bad Principle the Action stirr'd;
That it was never Sophistry's Pretence,
By which I was misled, nor merely Sense,
But when of Innocence I dropt the Care,
'Twas Gaiety seduced me, or Despair.
| Churchill defended, a poem | |