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Impressions of Italy and Other Poems

By the Lady E. Stuart Wortley
 

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Oh! not alone is blood for blood
Just Heaven's unchanged decree,
But wrong for wrong, or good for good,
Full oft ordained shall be.
Suffering for suffering—pang for pang,
Thou yet may'st have to pay;
While memories of old times shall hang
Around thee night and day.
Sufferings for sufferings—stings for stings,
False One! shall yet be thine;
A Nation with thy proud Name rings,
Thy heart shall ring with mine!
Thy parasites may round thee crowd,
And hear and see but thee;
While thou shalt still, by conscience bowed,
See—hear—but only me.