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For man may pious texts repeat,
And yet religion have no inward seat.
For man may pious texts repeat,
And yet religion have no inward seat.
The gods have given you wealth and the means of enjoying it.
The gods have given you wealth and the means of enjoying it.
Look here, he cries (to give him words):
Thou feathered clay, thou scum of birds!
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Look here, he cries (to give him words):
Thou feathered clay, thou scum of birds!
Look here, thou vile, predestined sinner,
Doomed to be roasted for a dinner.
And neglected his task for the flowers on the way.
And neglected his task for the flowers on the way.
A holy habit clenseth not a foule soule.
A holy habit clenseth not a foule soule.
The sense of death is most in apprehension,
And the poor beetle that we tread upon
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The sense of death is most in apprehension,
And the poor beetle that we tread upon
In corporal sufferance finds a pang as great
As when a giant dies.
It's an ill councell that hath no escape.
It's an ill councell that hath no escape.
Better a bad excuse, than none at all.
Better a bad excuse, than none at all.
