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For zeal's a dreadful termagant,
That teaches saints to tear and cant.
For zeal's a dreadful termagant,
That teaches saints to tear and cant.
Blind zeal can only do harm.
[Ger., Blinder Eifer schadet nur.]
Blind zeal can only do harm.
[Ger., Blinder Eifer schadet nur.]
Zeal without knowledge is the sister of folly.
Zeal without knowledge is the sister of folly.
It is false zeal to keep truth while wounding charity
It is false zeal to keep truth while wounding charity
Poets heap virtues, painters gems, at will,
And show their zeal, and hide their want of skill.
Poets heap virtues, painters gems, at will,
And show their zeal, and hide their want of skill.
Awake, my soul! stretch every nerve,
And press with vigour on;
A heavenly race demands thy zeal,
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Awake, my soul! stretch every nerve,
And press with vigour on;
A heavenly race demands thy zeal,
And an immortal crown.
But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing,
and not only when I am read more
But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing,
and not only when I am present with you.
The zeal of friends it is that razes me,
And not the hate of enemies.
[Ger., Der read more
The zeal of friends it is that razes me,
And not the hate of enemies.
[Ger., Der Freunde Eifer ist's, der mich
Zu Grunde richtet, nicht der Hass der Feinde.]