Religion
Acts: In vain of temperance he heard
From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 12 (1872)
Religion
In vain of temperance he heard,
And judgment for a moment fear'd,
Who held his idols in his heart,
Nor would with the adulteress part,
Nor would a suffering saint release.
But fill'd with all unrighteousness
Appeased his foes at the expense
Of injured, helpless innocence.
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