Religion is the fool's bridle worn by policy

DMI number:

40778

First Line:

Religion is the fool's bridle worn by policy

Last Line:

And make the world's eye dote on what we seem

Poem Genre / Form:

Extract / snippet from longer work

Themes:

Religion

Content/Publication

Title:

[vol. 3] The British muse, or, a collection of thoughts moral, natural, and sublime, of our English poets: who flourished in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries [vol III] [ECCO] [T131617]

Page No(s):

p.91

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Mason's Muleasses

Attributed To:

John Mason