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Where, long foretold. The People reigns;
Where each a Vassal's humble Heart disdains;
And judges what he sees; and, as he judges, wills.
V. 2.
The swelling democratic Tide;
To watch the State's uncertain Frame,
And baffle Faction's partial Aim:
But chiefly, with determin'd Zeal,
To quell that servile Band, who kneel
To Freedom's banish'd Foes;
That Monster, which is daily found
Expert and bold its Country's Peace to wound;
Yet dreads to handle Arms, nor manly Counsel knows.
V. 3.
