 | 1774
...murderer's ignommirm fate Were welcome refuge from his hopdeft ftate. I, it are the hands whofc honrft hbonr fed His helplefs innocents with daily bread ; For...day the bufy loom he ply'd. With foft contentment finging by his fide : Till heav*>) flung out the fignal to dcftroy, And droj,. its curttin o'er this... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1774
...damps arife, That ev'n the murd'rer's ignominious fate, Were welcome refuge from his hopelefs ftate : Loft are the hands whofe honeft labour fed His helplefs...day the bufy loom he ply'd, With foft Contentment finging by his fide; 'Till heaven flung out the fignal to deftroy, And dropt its curtain o'er this... | |
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