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‘THE INTEGRITY OF THE OTTOMAN
EMPIRE’
1878
There was a time when he had feared to sitAt England's helm who had not feared to own
'Twas England's aim to prop the tyrant's throne,
The oppressor's chain not rive, but rivet it.
Once Freedom's cause was England's; she would pit
Her voice against the world's in thunder-tone
When captive's shriek or patriot's dying moan
Made discord of her music. Now we fit
Those heaven-tuned numbers to a harsher key,
Where loud self-interest dominates the scale,
And apes the tone of honour. Best be mute
When, sick with guilty fear lest good prevail,
We arm the sovereign instinct of the brute,
And bid rebellious manhood bow the knee.
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