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The Fall of Lucifer

Prime, Benjamin Young (1733-1791)

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Self-banish'd exile, indigent and vile,
See her gay scenes of future bliss unfold;
See teem her flocks and herds, her harvests smile,
And upright commerce waft thine idol, GOLD.

It is perhaps generally known, that Arnold was formerly in the mercantile way; but those who were best acquainted with his conduct in the commercial line, never gave him the character of a very fair dealer.