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The Fall of Lucifer

Prime, Benjamin Young (1733-1791)

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Forbear rash man, thy silly threats forbear,
(For most absurdly has thy folly rav'd)
In a just cause thou once couldst greatly dare,
Though false thy motives as thy soul deprav'd;

He has as it is said, been lavish of boisterous threatnings against the cause he has infamously deserted.