Religion
Book III, 67: On Man
From Divine Fancies (1633), Book III
Religion
At our Creation, but the Word was said,
And we were made:
No sooner were, but our false hearts did swell
With Pride, and fell:
How slight is Man! At what an easie cost
Hee's made and lost!
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