Poems and Songs Humorous, Serious and Satirical By Alexander Rodger; Edited, with Introduction and Notes by Robert Ford; New and Complete Edition |
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STANZAS,
WRITTEN ON READING IN AN AMERICAN NEWSPAPER AN
ACCOUNT OF THE DEATH OF THOMAS PAINE, AUTHOR
OF “COMMON SENSE,” “THE RIGHTS OF MAN,” ETC. |
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STANZAS, WRITTEN ON READING IN AN AMERICAN NEWSPAPER AN ACCOUNT OF THE DEATH OF THOMAS PAINE, AUTHOR OF “COMMON SENSE,” “THE RIGHTS OF MAN,” ETC.
Tom Paine is dead—Satan, be on thy guard;
Remember, he's thy most inveterate foe;
Get thy strong Pandemonian gates well barr'd,
Nor let him enter thy dark realms below.
Remember, he's thy most inveterate foe;
Get thy strong Pandemonian gates well barr'd,
Nor let him enter thy dark realms below.
Else if thou do, prepare to meet thy fate,
Nor longer vainly boast of being king,
But quit thy throne—throw off thy robes of State,
Thy crown and sceptre from thee quickly fling.
Nor longer vainly boast of being king,
But quit thy throne—throw off thy robes of State,
Thy crown and sceptre from thee quickly fling.
For if his levelling doctrines once get ground,
Thy sooty subjects will in fact rebel,
Pull down thy throne, spread Deism around,
Chop off thy head, and make a—France of Hell.
Thy sooty subjects will in fact rebel,
Pull down thy throne, spread Deism around,
Chop off thy head, and make a—France of Hell.
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