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Bliss Carman, et al., eds. The World’s Best Poetry. 1904.

IV. Sabbath: Worship: Creed

Devotion

Philip Massinger (1583–1640)

THE IMMORTAL gods

Accept the meanest altars, that are raised

By pure devotion; and sometimes prefer

An ounce of frankincense, honey, or milk,

Before whole hecatombs, or Sabæan gems,

Offered in ostentation.