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My Lyrical Life

Poems Old and New. By Gerald Massey
Massey, Gerald (1828-1907)

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THE FAITH OF THE PHILISTINE.

The great Deceiver finds himself deceived:
France's bereaver is of France bereaved:
And England, half converted by his fall,
Thinks there's a God who governs after all!
This is the faith o' the British Philistine;
Failure is damnable; Success divine.
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