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546.

[O the vile ungrateful race]

But they made light of it, and went their, &c. —xxii. 5, 6.

O the vile ungrateful race
His offers to despise!
Some to pleasure went their ways,
Some to their merchandise:
Sons of violent wickedness,
The rest His messengers abhorr'd,
Bold to mock, and wound, and seize,
And kill them with the sword.