The New Covenant

From the Castle in the Air to the little Corner of the World.

1 The God that Moses writes about
2 Is one that I refuse,
3 He for his Chosen People took
4 The disobedient Jews.
5 Their Country often he laid waste.
6 Their little ones he slew;
7 But I have shewn a better taste
8 In choosing Y, O, U.
9 Then be you gay, or be you grave,
10 Or wheresoe’er you be,
11 Mind this Command, that “Thou shalt have
12 no other Gods than me.”
13 All Idols thou shalt put away
14 Thine Eye no Evil see,
15 And if thou’lt love the Lord thy God
16 Thy Lord God will love thee.
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Title (in Source Edition): The New Covenant From the Castle in the Air to the little Corner of the World.
Author: Thomas Paine
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Headnote: The manuscript is in the Huntington Library, Manuscript Hm170.

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Cleary, Scott M., ed. Claeys, Gregory, gen. ed. Thomas Paine Collected Writings. Vol. II. Part 2: Poetry. Princeton: Princeton UP, 2026. 5 Volumes.

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