“Yet, while I warmly for her faith contend,
Shall I her blots and blemishes defend?
Inventions added in a fatal hour,
Human appendages of pomp and power
Whatever shines in outward grandeur great,
I give it up—a creature of the State!
Nor would I e’er disgrace the Church’s cause,
By penal edicts, and compulsive laws.
Let others for the shape and colour fight,
Of garments short or long, or black or white;