ON PREACHING, by JOHN BYROMPoet AnalysisPoet's Biography
First Line: The specious sermons of a learned man Last Line: Fires at our vices, and the shot takes place. Subject(s): Sermons
THE specious sermons of a learned man Are little else but flashes in the pan; The mere haranguing upon what they call Morality, is powder without ball; But he who preaches with a christian grace, Fires at our vices, and the shot takes place.