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1When
British Brennus sacked that noble city1
,2
To age, nor sex, nor infants he shewed pity2
;3Then those which did the capital defend
4
Weighed out their gold3
to have their suff’rings end,5On which the
Briton4
bold his sword did lay;6
“Woe to the conquered,” then the people say5
.7Then came
C_______6
, banished long before,8And made the Britons pay the Romans’ score.
9So let all
impious7
, sacrilegious men10Have
lex talionis8
: Heaven, say Thou “Amen”!11If any underneath the sun may cry
12
“Vae victis,”9
reader, it is thou and I.13
C.C.10
killed and banished, we with sad hearts deplore11
;14O, let a
C.12
come and our joys restore.15For
C. his sake13
, dear God, I Thee implore,16Or we are slaves to
C.14
evermore.