Religion
Hippolytus
From Poems & Ballads (First Series)
Religion
Shame may do most where fear is found most weak;
That which for shame's sake yet I have not done,
Shall it be done for fear's? Take thine own way;
Better the foot slip than the whole soul swerve.
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MLA
Swinburne, Algernon Charles. “Hippolytus.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/swinburne/483/.
Chicago
Swinburne, Algernon Charles. “Hippolytus.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/swinburne/483/.
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