Plutus.
This scepter’d hand all nations own,
All religions hold divine-
I the king of every throne;
I the god of every shrine!
Gold is every woman’s lust;
Gold is every man’s desire;
Gold the covert patriot’s gust;
Kneel my sons, and own your sire!
(Henry Brooke)
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