Were only dull; - he would not them upbraid.”
From priests he turn’d to canons, creeds, and prayers,
Rubrics and rules, and all our Church affairs;
Churches themselves, desk, pulpit, altar, all
The Justice reverenced - and pronounced their fall.
Then from religion Hammond turn’d his view
To give our Rulers the correction due;
Not one wise action had these triflers plann’d;
There was, it seem’d, no wisdom in the land,
Save in this patriot tribe, who meet at times