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Poem by Samuel Butler


The Godly


A godly man, that has served out his time
In holiness, may set up any crime;
As scholars, when they’ve taken their degrees
May set up any faculty they please.



Samuel Butler


Samuel Butler's other poems:
  1. Hypocrisy
  2. On a Club of Sots
  3. Smatterers
  4. Language of the Learned
  5. Laborious Writers


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