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The Poetical Works of Ebenezer Elliott

Edited by his Son Edwin Elliott ... A New and Revised Edition: Two Volumes
Elliott, Ebenezer (1781-1849)

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VOL. I.
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VOL. II.
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MISCELLANEOUS POEMS.
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RHYMED RAMBLES.
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Part First.
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Part Second.
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Part Third.
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LYRICS FOR MY DAUGHTERS.
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THE YEAR OF SEEDS.
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BALLADS.
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ETHELINE.
  
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XI.

Oh, that the winds of March could wither up
The never-sleeping treachery of Kings!
What, though Commotion hath the whirlwind's wings,
If blind Misrule is still the Unwithstood?
What, though wrong'd men have startled Fraud and Force,
If the leagued dynasties of Foot and Horse
Brood o'er a new Niagara of blood,
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And drunken Waste still hugs her empty cup?
Hark, how the World's benetted miscreancies
Chaunt their growl'd slang, for altar, jail, and throne,
While in the Bael of sworded villanies
Each paltry despotling protects his own!
Proving the soundness of the saw accursed,
That little tyrants always are the worst.
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