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...left him such a doom ! His only glory was that hour Of self -upheld abaudon'd power. The Spaniard, when the lust of sway Had lost its quickening spell,...neither known A bigot's shrine, nor despot's throne. But thou — from thy reluctant hand The thunderbolt is wrung—- Too late thou leav'st the high command...

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...self-upheld abandoned power. VIII. The Spaniard,* when the lust of sway Had lost its quickening spell,t Cast crowns for rosaries away, An empire for a cell;...known A bigot's shrine, nor despot's throne. IX. But thou — from thy reluctant hand The thunderbolt is wrung — Too late thou leav'st the high command...

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...left him such a doom 1 His only glory was that hour Of self-upheld abandon' d power. The Spaniard,} when the lust of sway. Had lost its quickening spell. Cast crowns for rosaries away, An empire fora cell; A strict accountant of his beads, A subtle disputant on creeds, His dotage trifled well...

...self-upheld abandoned power. The Spaniard, when the lust of sway Had lost its quickening spell, 65 Cast crowns for rosaries away, An empire for a cell ; A strict accountant pf his beads, A subtle disputant on creeds, His dotage trifled well : 70 Yet better had he neither...

...Gloss., sv And heads and pray'r-hooks are the toys of age. Cf. Byron, Ode to Napoleon Bonaparte, st. 8 : Cast crowns for rosaries away, An empire for a cell;...accountant of his beads, A subtle disputant on creeds,' &c. EPISTLE III. 1. 1. Here then we rest. An improvement upon the early editions, * Lean':. dulness,...