Madmoments: or First Verseattempts By a Bornnatural. Addressed to the Lightheaded of Society at Large, by Henry Ellison |
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RELIGION.
Religion, thou art rarely seen belowSuch as pure Faith delights that thou shouldst be:
Led by thy Handmaids, meekeyed Charity
And patient Love: but in thy Stead we bow
To a foul Idol, fashioned from the low
And earthly Passions which Men sanctify
And worship with thy Name, a gilded Lie,
Which yet 'tis Sin to doubt: and Time can show
Full-many a Martyr to the ready Hate
Of this false Deity, whose Altars reek
With frequent Blood of such as dare to seek
Salvation their own Way; for 'tis the Fate
Of Truth to pass oft for a Lie, so weak,
Where Superstition reigns, is her Estate!
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