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[Shall we in time of need]
The chief captain...bade that he should be, &c.
—xxii. 24.
Shall we in time of need
To human justice fly?
We lean upon a broken reed
Whoe'er on men rely:
They then deceive our hope
When we their help require,
And those that should the torrent stop
Assist to raise it higher.
To human justice fly?
We lean upon a broken reed
Whoe'er on men rely:
They then deceive our hope
When we their help require,
And those that should the torrent stop
Assist to raise it higher.
Blameworthy they suppose
Whom all conspire to blame,
And used as guilty by our foes
As guilty they condemn;
Rulers in proof receive
The crowd's tumultuous cry,
For whom they count unfit to live,
We must deserve to die.
Whom all conspire to blame,
And used as guilty by our foes
As guilty they condemn;
Rulers in proof receive
The crowd's tumultuous cry,
For whom they count unfit to live,
We must deserve to die.
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