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Katherine Philips on Religion

1631–1664 England

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Religion, which true policy befriends,
Design'd by God to serve man's noblest ends,
Is by that old deceiver's subtle play
Made the chief party in its own decay,
And meets the eagle's destiny, whose breast
Felt the same shaft which his own feathers drest.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Katherine Philips (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.