XIX.

Fit retribution! Gaul may champ the bit

And foam in fetters;—but is Earth more free?[289]

Did nations combat to make One submit?

Or league to teach all Kings true Sovereignty?[he]

What! shall reviving Thraldom again be

The patched-up Idol of enlightened days?

Shall we, who struck the Lion down, shall we

Pay the Wolf homage? proffering lowly gaze

And servile knees to Thrones? No! prove before ye praise!

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