Herman Melville

“ With prosperous days and Constantine;
The world turned Christian, need confess,
But the world remained the world, no less:
The world turned Christian: where's the odds?
Hearts change not in the change of gods. ”

“ Not unto all does nature lend ⁠130
The gift; at hight such love's appeal
Is hard to know, as in her deep
Is hate; a prior love must steep
The spirit; head nor heart have marge
Commensurate in man at large. ”

“ At pistol-shot. Besides, review
That comprehensive Christian scheme:
It catches man at each extreme:
Simplc august; strange as a dream,
Yet practical as plodding life: ⁠115
Not use and sentiment at strife. ”