Religion

LXI

by Edward FitzGerald 1809–1883

From The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

Religion

Why, be this Juice the growth of God, who dare
Blaspheme the twisted tendril as a Snare?
A Blessing, we should use it, should we not?
And if a Curse--why, then, Who set it there?

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