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A Journey to Hell

or, A Visit paid to the Devil. A poem. The Second Edition [by Edward Ward]

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Here take 'em Goaler to their final home,
And punish them according to their Doom:
If any Mercy by your Imps be shown,
The Convicts Torments shall become your own;
Mercy's an Attribute above our Sphere,
Our only Talent must be Justice here,
Heav'n may be kind, but Hell must be severe.