The miscellaneous works of David Humphreys Late Minister Plenipotentiary from the United States of America to the Court of Madrid |
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Hence far, oh Discord! be thy horrid crimes,
And hateful influence from our happy climes!
Thou, lust of domination! who has hurl'd
Plagues on all regions, spare the western world!
May curses dire from ages long to come,
Pursue the miscreant ev'n beyond the tomb,
Who, rul'd by mad ambition's murd'rous star,
In wantonness illumes the torch of war.
May the rais'd hand that wills for blood to vote
Without a cause, by God's red arm be smote!
Dumb struck the tongue that strives to call to arms,
Or lure to war with conquest's dazzling charms.
And hateful influence from our happy climes!
Thou, lust of domination! who has hurl'd
Plagues on all regions, spare the western world!
May curses dire from ages long to come,
Pursue the miscreant ev'n beyond the tomb,
Who, rul'd by mad ambition's murd'rous star,
In wantonness illumes the torch of war.
May the rais'd hand that wills for blood to vote
Without a cause, by God's red arm be smote!
Dumb struck the tongue that strives to call to arms,
Or lure to war with conquest's dazzling charms.
| The miscellaneous works of David Humphreys | |