Stones from The Quarry or, Moods of Mind. By Henry Browne [i.e. Henry Ellison] |
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ON THE OMISSION OF CROMWELL'S
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ON THE OMISSION OF CROMWELL'S STATUE.
Ye thought to pass him by, between whose strideA generation of such mannikins
Might creep to dull oblivion, with your sins,
Save this of crawling meanness, which shall 'bide
To gibbet you, in chains hung of false pride.
Ye thought this light, which, beacon-like, thus shines
Upon the heights of Time, and never tines,
To put beneath your bushel, and so hide!
Ye would not place his statue in men's sight
Lest they should think of him whom ye would ban,
Who against “Right divine” set Dívine Right!
But History at large hath drawn the Man
On her grand canvas; there we see his height,
Full-length: by what he did judge what ye can!
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