A Curse For A Nation
the Curse
Because ye have broken your own chain
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Of brave men climbing a Nations ,
Yet thong
On souls of othis wrong
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Because yourselves are standing straight
In tate
Of Freedoms foremost acolyte,
Yet keep calm footing all time
On his crime
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Because ye prosper in Gods name,
ith a claim
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Yet do tly
In strangling martyrs, -- for this lie
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Ye sch while kings conspire
Round the peoples smouldering fire,
And, ,
Shall never dare -- O shame!
to utter t into flame
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Ye scions strive
ithe bloodhounds, die or survive,
Drop faint from their jaws,
Or ttle to death;
And only under your breath
She cause.
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Ye scrong men draw
ts of feudal law
to strangle the weak;
And, counting the sin for a sin,
Your soul shin
the word ye shall speak.
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t C may avenge
And deliver th,
the prayer in your ears, said low,
Sramp of a foe
ts driving you forth.
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heir praise,
t of the phrase,
As if carried too far.
your o true,
Ye shing which ye do
Derides w ye are.
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taunts at your gate,
Your scorn ye s abate
As ye look oer the wall;
For your conscience, tradition, and name
Explode