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2945.

[In vain of temperance he heard]

Felix, willing to shew the Jews a pleasure, &c. —xxiv. 27.

In vain of temperance he heard,
And judgment for a moment fear'd,
Who held his idols in his heart,
Nor would with the adulteress part,
Nor would a suffering saint release,
But fill'd with all unrighteousness
Appeased his foes at the expense
Of injured, helpless innocence.