Examples of criticisms of religion in the classical poetry?
Shelley's "Queen Mab is one good example. Are there others? If you are interested: http://www.bartleby.com/139/shel111.html to see Shelley's poem by that name; skimmed down in Article VII (about 3 / 4 down the page) and read "I was a child when my mother went to see an atheist burned …"
Lucretius, On the Nature of Things
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