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 Yet, if he would, man cannot live all to this world. If not 
religious, he will be superstitious. IF read more 
 Yet, if he would, man cannot live all to this world. If not 
religious, he will be superstitious. IF he worship not the true 
God, he will have his idols. 
 Intend some fear;
 Be not you spoke with but by mighty suit;
  And look you get a read more 
 Intend some fear;
 Be not you spoke with but by mighty suit;
  And look you get a prayer book in your hand
   And stand between two churchmen, good my lord,
    For on that ground I'll make a holy descant;
     And be not easily won to our requests. 
I worship the quicksand he walks in.
I worship the quicksand he walks in.
 Ah, why
 Should we, in the world's riper years, neglect
  God's ancient sanctuaries, and adore
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 Ah, why
 Should we, in the world's riper years, neglect
  God's ancient sanctuaries, and adore
   Only among the crowd and under roofs
    That our frail hands have raised? 
 As the skull of the man grows broader, so do his creeds.
 And his gods they are shaped in read more 
 As the skull of the man grows broader, so do his creeds.
 And his gods they are shaped in his image and mirror his needs.
  And he clothes them with thunders and beauty,
   He clothes them with music and fire,
    Seeing not, as he bows by their altars,
     That he worships his own desire. 
 The heart ran o'er
 With silent worship of the great of old!--
  The dead, but sceptred sovereigns, read more 
 The heart ran o'er
 With silent worship of the great of old!--
  The dead, but sceptred sovereigns, who still rule
   Our spirits from their urns. 
 Stoop, boys. This gate
 Instructs you how t' adore the heavens and bows you
  To a morning's read more 
 Stoop, boys. This gate
 Instructs you how t' adore the heavens and bows you
  To a morning's holy office. 
 Ev'n them who kept thy truth so pure of old,
 When all our fathers worshipp'd stocks and stones,
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 Ev'n them who kept thy truth so pure of old,
 When all our fathers worshipp'd stocks and stones,
  Forget not. 
 Man always worships something; always he sees the Infinite 
shadowed forth in something finite; and indeed can and must read more 
 Man always worships something; always he sees the Infinite 
shadowed forth in something finite; and indeed can and must so 
see it in any finite thing, once tempt him well to fix his eyes 
thereon.