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 “One god is like another god—

It matters not at all—

As long as he keeps peasants

In reverence and thrall.

“They need some god to make them

Quail with his thunder’s roar—

We cannot work without one,

You must some god restore!”

And, like all mighty sovereigns

He had a tender heart—

Compassion would not let him

Tear e’en a chick apart.