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Every Man in his Own Way

An Epistle to a Friend. By Stephen Duck

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Now, thank Reformers of a later Age,
We can't complain of superstitious Rage;
No Flamen cheats us with his holy Wiles,
Nor Smithfield smoaks with frequent Fun'ral Piles.
No Royal Quixotes lead their martial Pow'rs
To fight for Lady Faith on Foreign Shores:

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Yet grant, Almighty Heav'n, we may not fall
From too much Piety, to none at all!