THOU shalt have one God only: who Would be at the expense of two? No graven images may be Worshipped, except the currency: Swear not at all; since for thy curse Thine enemy is none the worse: At church on Sunday to attend Will serve to keep the world thy friend: Honour thy parents; that is, all From whom advancement may befall: Thou shalt not kill; but needst not strive Officiously to keep alive: Do not adultery commit; Advantage rarely comes of it: Thou shalt not steal; an empty feat, When it's so lucrative to cheat: Bear not false witness; let the lie Have time on its own wings to fly: Thou shalt not covet; but tradition Approves all forms of competition. The sum of all is, thou shalt love, If any body, God above: At any rate shall never labour @3More@1 than thyself to love thy neighbour. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...RETALIATION by OLIVER GOLDSMITH TO A STEAM ROLLER by MARIANNE MOORE THE NEWLY WEDDED by WINTHROP MACKWORTH PRAED IMMORTALITY by GEORGE WILLIAM RUSSELL THE BLACK PANTHER by JOHN HALL WHEELOCK THE SWISS EMIGRANT by LUCY AIKEN LAURENCE BLOOMFIELD IN IRELAND: 7. MIDSUMMER by WILLIAM ALLINGHAM HIS HEART, INTO A BIRD by PHILIP AYRES LINES WRITTEN ... ONE WHO HAD WATCHED .. AMERICAN & FRENCH REVOLUTIONS by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES |