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Thomas Gray. Their growing virtues , but their crimes confin'd ; Forbad to wade through slaughter to a throne , And shut the gates of mercy on mankind , The struggling pangs of conscious truth to hide , To quench the blushes of ingenuous ...
Thomas Gray. Their growing virtues , but their crimes confin'd ; Forbad to wade through slaughter to a throne , And shut the gates of mercy on mankind , The struggling pangs of conscious truth to hide , To quench the blushes of ingenuous ...
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