Irene: a poem, in six cantos: miscellaneous poems
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XXI.
| "Therefore he was condenm'd to be giv'n o'er | |
| "Unto the secular arm." His scatter'd sense | |
| By a strong effort calling back once more, | |
| He tried to make a rational defence | |
| (Too good to penetrate through skulls so dense), | |
| Urging the non-existence of the crime: | |
| 'Twas all in vain;—their faith was too intense | |
| To be endanger'd at the very time | |
| When in their reach they saw a pleasure so sublime |
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Title: Irene, a Poem, in Six Cantos
By: Northampton, Margaret Clephane Compton, d. 1830, creator, British Women Romantic Poets Project
Date: 2001 (issued)
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Date: 2001 (issued)
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