Religion
Creeds
From Works and Life, ed. Forster, vol. VIII (1876)
Religion
We have outlived low Creeds; the high remains.
One, that our God is good, the soul sustains.
Revenge he leaves among the blind below,
Who miss' the object when they aim the blow.
Far, not too far, it pleases Him to place
Hope for the humble, terror for the base.
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