English poem
A VERSE on Judge HALES
by John Foxe (1516–1587)
Had faith and piety sincere conjoin'd, Adorn'd the moral virtues of thy mind, Thy body sound and strong would yet remain, And thou 'mongst saints the chiefest place would gain. But who so leads his life from sin so free, That all his actions unpolluted be? Then seeing blemishes deform the best Thy own endeavour do, commit to God the rest.