Occasional verse, moral and sacred Published for the instruction and amusement of the Candidly Serious and Religious [by Edward Perronet] |
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WARS AND FIGHTINGS! WHENCE COME THEY?
From cruel Pride, and curs'd Ambition's hate,From Envy's lust, and Mammon's fierce debate;
From all that's earthly, sensual, and infern,
Where demons howl, and howling demons burn;
From that dark den where Satan shews his shape,
Whom statesmen worship, and whom tyrants ape.
Judge then who hear, nor wonder such the fruit,
When hell's the tree, and hell-fire rage the root.
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