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Oliver Newman

A New-England Tale (Unfinished): With Other Poetical Remains. By the late Robert Southey
  
  

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Hosea, x. 12, 13.

Break up your fallow-ground,
Sow to yourselves in righteousness, and reap
In mercy; it is time to seek the Lord.
Ye have plough'd wickedness, and ye have reap'd
Iniquity: the fruit of lies hath been
Your harvest and your food.