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Got, while his soul did huddled notions try,

And born a shapeless lump, like anarchy.
In friendship false, implacable in hate,
Resolved to ruin or to rule the state;
To compass this the triple bond he broke,
The pillars of the public safety shook, 176
And fitted Israel for a foreign yoke;
Then, seized with fear, yet still affecting
fame,

Usurped a patriot's all-atoning name.
So easy still it proves in factious times 180
With public zeal to cancel private crimes.
How safe is treason, and how sacred ill,
Where none can sin against the people's
will!

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