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In the embattled plain Though Death exults and claps his raven wings, Yet reigns he not, even there, so absolute, So merciless, as in yon frantic scenes Of midnight revel and tumultuous mirth, Where, in the intoxicating draught concealed, Or couched beneath the glance of lawless love, He snares the simple youth, who, nought suspecting, Meant to be blest—but finds himself undone.
In the embattled plain Though Death exults and claps his raven wings, Yet reigns he not, even there, so absolute, So merciless, as in yon frantic scenes Of midnight revel and tumultuous mirth, Where, in the intoxicating draught concealed, Or couched beneath the glance of lawless love, He snares the simple youth, who, nought suspecting, Meant to be blest—but finds himself undone.
In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- Bishop Porteus (identity unresolved)
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- In print by 1888 AD · industrial
In print by 1888: recorded in A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888). Collection publication is an upper bound for this wording, not its earliest origin, composition date or the author's lifetime.
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 554 · printed citation: Bishop Porteus · subject: SNARE
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