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NHG-P.771.010
8 Mar 1771:11,12 (751)
From the London Chronicle.
What mighty things from little causes flow!
How fleeting empire! So revolves the scene;
So time ordains, who rolls the things of pride
From dust to dust again.
. . . [12 lines about how empty is the pomp of kings]
We view the outward glories of a crown,
But dazzles with the lustre cannot see
The thorns which line it, & whole painful prickings
Embitter all the pompous sweets of empire.
Hill
. . . [17 lines, 80 lines abut wars and empires]
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