Humanity, or the rights of nature, a poem in two books. By the author of sympathy [i.e. S. J. Pratt] |
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In dread Mogul the laws must all be bought
Ere the case opens must a gift be brought,
The greedy Emperor ope's his craving hand,
And Justice, driv'n by Av'rice, quits the land;
Nay, yet more brief, the Turkish powers decide,
For there the Judge condemns th'accus'd untried,
There turns the suit as wills the proud Bashaw,
Who holds the place of destiny and law;
This god of earth, and brother of the Sun
Breaks up the court before the case be known,
Or strikes the head from some officious slave,
Who at the bloody verdict dares be grave.
Ere the case opens must a gift be brought,
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And Justice, driv'n by Av'rice, quits the land;
Nay, yet more brief, the Turkish powers decide,
For there the Judge condemns th'accus'd untried,
There turns the suit as wills the proud Bashaw,
Who holds the place of destiny and law;
This god of earth, and brother of the Sun
Breaks up the court before the case be known,
Or strikes the head from some officious slave,
Who at the bloody verdict dares be grave.
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