'Cause grace and virtue are within Prohibited degrees of ki… - Samuel Butler

'Cause grace and virtue are within
Prohibited degrees of kin;
And therefore no true saint allows
They shall be suffer'd to espouse.

Samuel Butler

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Samuel Butler (February 8 1612 – September 25 1680) was an English satirical poet.

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Quoth she, I 've heard old cunning stagers
Say fools for arguments use wagers.

Some have been beaten till they know
What wood a cudgel's of by th' blow;
Some kick'd until they can feel whether
A shoe be Spanish or neat's leather.

For truth is precious and divine,—
Too rich a pearl for carnal swine.

'Cause grace and virtue are within Prohibited degrees of kin; And therefore no true saint allows They shall be suffer'd to espouse. - Samuel Butler

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