Social Commentaries
The Arke and Dagon
From Two Bookes of Epigrammes, and Epitaphs (1639), Book II
Social Commentaries
Afford not sinne one corner in thy heart,
Sith all's too little for so great a Lord,
That will not for the whole accept the part:
Nor will his Arke and Dagon ere accord,
Whose head and hands at th' entry of desire
Cut wisely off, nor suffer sinne entire.
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