The Works of John Sheffield Earl of Mulgrave, Marquis of Normanby, and Duke of Buckingham. In two volumes ... The third edition, Corrected |
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The MIRACLE, 1707.
Merit they hate, and Wit they slight;
They neither act, nor reason right,
And nothing mind but Pence.
Unskilful they Victorious are,
Conduct a Kingdom without Care,
A Council without Sense.
They neither act, nor reason right,
And nothing mind but Pence.
Unskilful they Victorious are,
Conduct a Kingdom without Care,
A Council without Sense.
So Moses once, and Joshua,
And that Virago Debora,
Bestrid poor Israel:
Like Rev'rence pay to these! for who
Could ride a Nation as they do,
Without a Miracle?
And that Virago Debora,
Bestrid poor Israel:
Like Rev'rence pay to these! for who
Could ride a Nation as they do,
Without a Miracle?
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