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Poor Engine for a greatness so sublime: But oh, a Cause by which their Baal must climb, Ennobles both the Actor and the Crime.

From Anti-Achitophel (1682) Three Verse Replies to Absalom and Achitophel by John Dryden by Jones, Harold Whitmore

The scholar's light, and blest religion's smile Ennobles, soothes and lends a joy to life— A pow'r, which counteracts the trickster's wile And blunts the edge of slander undeserv'd and vile.

From Canada and Other Poems by Young, T. F. (Thomas Frederick)