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O war!—what, what art thou? At once the proof and scourge of man’s fall’n state? After the brightest conquest, what appears Of all thy glories? for the vanquish’d chains! For the proud victors, what? alas! to reign O’er desolated nations!
O war!—what, what art thou? At once the proof and scourge of man’s fall’n state? After the brightest conquest, what appears Of all thy glories? for the vanquish’d chains! For the proud victors, what? alas! to reign O’er desolated nations!
Approximate author period: c. 1789 AD · early modern
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- Hannah More
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- Approximate author period: c. 1789 AD · early modern
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 652 · printed citation: Hannah More · subject: WAR
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