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1762–1850

HYMN FOR MUSIC,

William Lisle Bowles

Perish! Almighty Justice cried, And struck the avenging blow, And Europe shouts from side to side, The tyrant is laid low!

Said not his heart, More blood shall stream Around my sovereign throne? He wakes from dire ambition's dream, Pale, trembling, and alone.

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