Read full poem →pretending to more Perfections, the cause of Man's
error and misery. The_ impiety _of putting himself in
the place of_ God, _and judging of the fitness or
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Poetry examples for “impiety”
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Read full poem →went forth by divine command to “ convert all na-
tions?” No- vice, no impiety escaped them; not only
sins provoked their censure, they even reproved the
Read full poem →But by my death can not be satisfied
My sins, which pass the Jews' impiety:
They killed once an inglorious man, but I
Read full poem →But by my death can not be satisfied
My sins, which pass the Jews' impiety:
They killed once an inglorious man, but I
Read full poem →Guides erring mortals to the paths of virtue,
Affrighted at impiety, like thine,
Resign their charge to baseness and to ruin[a].
Read full poem →Ah! wherefore with infection should he live,
And with his presence grace impiety,
That sin by him advantage should achieve,
