Victorious men of earth, no more
Proclaim how wide your empires are:
Though you bind in every shore,
And your triumphs reach as far
As night or day,
Yet you proud monarchs must obey,
And mingle with forgotten ashes, when
Death...
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[These verses are said to have “chilled the heart” of Oliver Cromwell.] THE GLORIES of our blood and state |