moral-rags

Updated: May 9, 2025

"'My alms-deeds all, and every deed I've done, My moral-rags defile me every one; It should not be: what say'st thou! Tell me, Ralph. 'Quoth I, your Reverence, I believe you're safe; Your faith's your prop, nor have you pass'd such time In life's good works as swell them to a crime. If I of pardon for my sins were sure, About my goodness I would rest secure."

Alfred Ainger - English Men of Letters: Crabbe