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The Fall of Lucifer

Prime, Benjamin Young (1733-1791)

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And had just heav'n permitted thee to gain
Th' infernal end thy treason had in view,
Thy wiles might like a Comet's fiery train,
Have drawn destruction on thy country too.

Alluding to the opinion of some philosophers, who have supposed, that Comets were destructive in their influence, and that some one of them will finally destroy this earth.