Ireland unfreed Poems and verses written in the early months of 1921 by Sir William Watson |
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TO AN OPPRESSOR |
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TO AN OPPRESSOR
Come down from thy high seat!If with the blood of men
Its steps be slippery, the more easy, then,
The offsliding of thy feet!
And back thou never shalt be asked to climb
While this tired World ascends the stairs of Time.
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