Religion
Luke 23:5: The great ones of the earth delight
From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 11 (1871)
Religion
The great ones of the earth delight
In each new entertaining sight,
Diversion all their aim:
And still religion is the sport
Of wicked princes and their court
Who bear the Christian name.
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Wesley, Charles. “Luke 23:5: The great ones of the earth delight.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/5401/.
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Wesley, Charles. “Luke 23:5: The great ones of the earth delight.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/5401/.
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