Ruin seize thee, ruthless king Confusion on thy banners wait Though fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing, They mock the air with idle state.
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Daughter of Jove, relentless power, Thou tamer of the human breast, Whose iron scourge and tort'ring hour The bad affright, afflict the best.
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Some village Hampden, that with dauntless breast The little tyrant of his fields withstood, Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest, Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood.
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Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere, Heaven did a recompense as largely send He gave to mis'ry (all he had) a tear, He gained from Heav'n ('t was all he wish'd) a friend.
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Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind.
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