 | The poetical works of Samuel Woodworth |  |
BOLIVAR'S LAST WORDS.
“I pity and forgive.”
Ye powers, from each oppressor,
Preserve my country's wreath,
And if my death can bless her,
Oh, then I welcome death.
Though malice wield her scourge,
E'en when I cease to live,
Here on the grave's terrific verge,
“I pity and forgive.”
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Where tyranny had reigned,
And heard the glad hosanna
For rights our arms regained;
But now they trample on my heart,
Yet ere I cease to live,
Though in my soul I feel the smart,
“I pity and forgive.”
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