The New Covenant From the Castle in the Air to the little Corner of the World. Thomas Paine Alexander Huber Editor Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Oxford This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Cleary, Scott M., ed. Claeys, Gregory, gen. ed. Thomas Paine Collected Writings. Vol. II. Part 2: Poetry. Princeton Princeton UP 2026 pp. []-[]. 5 Volumes.

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The New Covenant From the Castle in the Air to the little Corner of the World . The God that Moses writes about Is one that I refuse , He for his Chosen People took The disobedient Jews . Their Country often he laid waste . Their little ones he slew ; But I have shewn a better taste In choosing Y , O , U . Then be you gay , or be you grave , Or wheresoe’er you be , Mind this Command , that “ Thou shalt have no other Gods than me . ” All Idols thou shalt put away Thine Eye no Evil see , And if thou’lt love the Lord thy God Thy Lord God will love thee . T.P.