HYPOCRISY

by: Samuel Butler (1612-1680)

      YPOCRISY will serve as well
      To propogate a church as zeal;
      As persecution and promotion
      Do equally advance devotion:
      So round white stones will serve, they say,
      As well as eggs to make hens lay.

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