Samuel Butler: So 'ere the storm of war broke out, Religion spawn'd a various rout Of petulant capricious sects, The maggots of corrupt

So 'ere the storm of war broke out, Religion spawn'd a various rout Of petulant — Samuel Butler

So 'ere the storm of war broke out, Religion spawn'd a various rout Of petulant capricious sects, The maggots of corrupted texts, That first run all religion down, And after every swarm its own.

Samuel Butler

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