Occasional verse, moral and sacred Published for the instruction and amusement of the Candidly Serious and Religious [by Edward Perronet] |
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A MEDITATION ON MARTYRDOM. |
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A MEDITATION ON MARTYRDOM.
As bleeding victims, on the altar plac'd,With scandal honour'd, as with chains disgrac'd;
Their hands with cords, their feet with fetters bound,
While taunting foes their mockeries resound;
See, with slow haste, the indignant Martyrs come,
To face their tortures, as defied their doom.
With joy they view the yet unkindled fire,
Then grasp the stake, and in its flames expire;
Mount the bright car, the chariot of their Friend,
And, like the Prophet, on its wings ascend.
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