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Atheôn exitus

by Henry Peacham 1576?–1643?

From Minerva Britanna (1612)

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THE Atheist vile, that Giant-like attemptes,
To bandie faction with Almightie IOVE,
And thinkes this fraile worlds priviledge exemptes,
All Faith, and Feare, due vnto heauen aboue:
Vnto his terror, let him heere behold,
What Histories of IVLIAN haue told.

For after that he had his Lord defi'de,
And wounded deadly lay in deepe dispaire,
Thou, GALILAEAN now or'ecom'st, he cri'de,
Wherewith he cast his blood into the Aire:
A fit example, for the faithles wight,
And such as in prophanenes doe delight.

MLA

Peacham, Henry. “Atheôn exitus.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/peacham/96/.

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Peacham, Henry. “Atheôn exitus.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/peacham/96/.

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