Would drown the landmarks of humanity,

The limits God hath set to nations and their bound[3].

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POLAND, 1831.

The nations may not be trod out, and quite

The

Obliterated from the world’s great page—

The nations, that have filled from age to age

Their place in story. They who in despite

Of this, a people’s first and holiest right,

In lust of unchecked power or brutal rage,

Against a people’s life such warfare wage,

With man no more, but with the Eternal fight.

They who break down the barriers He hath set,

Break down what would another time defend

And shelter their own selves: they who forget

(For the indulgence of the present will)

The lasting ordinances, in the end

Will rue their work, when ill shall sanction ill.

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