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Poems on Various Subjects

By John Thelwall. In Two Volumes

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ANTISTROPHE I.

'Tis thou, who, doubly furious made
By lofty Pride's imperious flame,
Hast hoary Albert's soul betray'd
To barbarous Guilt and public Shame.
Oh wretched child!
By Passion wild
Excluded from the shores of Peace;
Where shall thy growing sorrows cease?