Occasional verse, moral and sacred Published for the instruction and amusement of the Candidly Serious and Religious [by Edward Perronet] |
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SIN, WHAT IS IT? |
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SIN, WHAT IS IT?
The law's transgression, that provokes its rod,The stain of nature, and insult of God!
Mark of its bow, whene'er his arrows fly,
To wound the object of its destiny.
“Curs'd is the man,” and cursed shall he be,
Where'er he's found, or wheresoe'er he flee:
Earth shall not hide him, nor shall hell conceal
What Heav'n can witness, and will then reveal.
Go then, thou curs'd, where souls accursed go,
To scorching shades, and scenes of burning woe;
Where joy is torture, and where demons roar,
And hope is banish'd, to return no more!
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