The works of Lord Byron A new, revised and enlarged edition, with illustrations. Edited by Ernest Hartley Coleridge and R. E. Prothero |
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ANSWER TO ---'S PROFESSIONS OF AFFECTION. |
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ANSWER TO ---'S PROFESSIONS OF AFFECTION.
In hearts like thine ne'er may I hold a placeTill I renounce all sense, all shame, all grace—
That seat,—like seats, the bane of Freedom's realm,
But dear to those presiding at the helm—
Is basely purchased, not with gold alone;
Add Conscience, too, this bargain is your own—
'T is thine to offer with corrupting art
The rotten borough of the human heart.
? 1814.
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