English poem
EPIGRAM on Mr. Quin's saying that "Garrick was a new religion," and that "Whitefield was followed for a time…
by David Garrick (1717–1779)
Pope Quin, who damns all churches but his own, Complains that heresy corrupts the town: " That Whitefield Garrick has misled the age, " And taints the sound religion of the stage; " Schism, he cries, has turn'd the nation's brain; " But eyes will open, and to church again!" Thou great infallible, forbear to roar, Thy bulls and errors are rever'd no more; When doctrines meet with gen'ral approbation, It is not heresy, but reformation.
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