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Past And Present.
1 ST SPIRIT : — Oh ! these are Latter Days : the solemn truth Is much beclouded ; man ' s too PositiA * e ; The Age is hardened , eA'en tender youth Affect the world , and are demonstrative .
2 ND SPIRIT : — Withal the mind of man is grand and great , His KnoAidedge powerful—insatiate ; The earth , the sea , the clouds , and starry skies Tie AA'ould subdue , and bid neAv worlds arise . 1 ST SPIRIT : —
Ambition , rampant , knows no earthly bounds , And OAVUS no laAvs ; 'tis dominant of self ; Its creed is greed ; o ' erreaching , it confounds The scheme with schemer , mixing rank Avith pelf . 2 ND SPIRIT : — The blood of myriads shed by despot's hands
, A crimson sea Avould make to flood all iands ; A sick ' ning sight , the earth to shambles turned , The plains with corpses strewn , the cities burned , 1 ST SPIRIT : — Oh ! What a price for human pride to pay ! And what a debt of sin for men to meet !
Can Rulers— . Kings enjoy the light of clay , With subjects dead , and dying , at their feet ? 2 ND SPIRIT : — Unholy passions bring their just reward , And Kings , and men , AVIIO govern by the sword , A little clay but flourish , then decay , And crave the mercy they have cast aAvay .
1 ST SPIRIT : — - 'Tis late to see the error of their way , When Death hath poised his dart to strike the blow ; The King they served so Avell is their dismay : They murmur , "Stay thy hand , " and are laid low . 2 ND SPIRIT : — But there are other men both good and brave
, Who from destroying POAV ' I-S their fellows save ; They stand aloof from war , from drink and gain , Their hearts' desire to ease a Brother ' s pain . 1 ST SPIRIT : — We knoAv Affliction , chained to dire Distress , Oft walks the landand Famine reaps its fill ;
, Then hundreds feel IIOAV joyous ' tis to bless , And give their bounty Aidth no stinted Avill . 2 ND SPIRIT : — Ah , hard the heart that lieedeth not the cry , Where ' er it be , of human agony ! And false the hand Avhose charity is SIIOAV :
The Perfect Man on earth hath taught us so . 1 ST SPIRIT : — HOAV many things Ave see unchaste and sad ; The rich oppress the poor , the bad the good , — Where women Avork , ill paid , ill fed , ill clad , And children starve from want of dail y food .
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Past And Present.
1 ST SPIRIT : — Oh ! these are Latter Days : the solemn truth Is much beclouded ; man ' s too PositiA * e ; The Age is hardened , eA'en tender youth Affect the world , and are demonstrative .
2 ND SPIRIT : — Withal the mind of man is grand and great , His KnoAidedge powerful—insatiate ; The earth , the sea , the clouds , and starry skies Tie AA'ould subdue , and bid neAv worlds arise . 1 ST SPIRIT : —
Ambition , rampant , knows no earthly bounds , And OAVUS no laAvs ; 'tis dominant of self ; Its creed is greed ; o ' erreaching , it confounds The scheme with schemer , mixing rank Avith pelf . 2 ND SPIRIT : — The blood of myriads shed by despot's hands
, A crimson sea Avould make to flood all iands ; A sick ' ning sight , the earth to shambles turned , The plains with corpses strewn , the cities burned , 1 ST SPIRIT : — Oh ! What a price for human pride to pay ! And what a debt of sin for men to meet !
Can Rulers— . Kings enjoy the light of clay , With subjects dead , and dying , at their feet ? 2 ND SPIRIT : — Unholy passions bring their just reward , And Kings , and men , AVIIO govern by the sword , A little clay but flourish , then decay , And crave the mercy they have cast aAvay .
1 ST SPIRIT : — - 'Tis late to see the error of their way , When Death hath poised his dart to strike the blow ; The King they served so Avell is their dismay : They murmur , "Stay thy hand , " and are laid low . 2 ND SPIRIT : — But there are other men both good and brave
, Who from destroying POAV ' I-S their fellows save ; They stand aloof from war , from drink and gain , Their hearts' desire to ease a Brother ' s pain . 1 ST SPIRIT : — We knoAv Affliction , chained to dire Distress , Oft walks the landand Famine reaps its fill ;
, Then hundreds feel IIOAV joyous ' tis to bless , And give their bounty Aidth no stinted Avill . 2 ND SPIRIT : — Ah , hard the heart that lieedeth not the cry , Where ' er it be , of human agony ! And false the hand Avhose charity is SIIOAV :
The Perfect Man on earth hath taught us so . 1 ST SPIRIT : — HOAV many things Ave see unchaste and sad ; The rich oppress the poor , the bad the good , — Where women Avork , ill paid , ill fed , ill clad , And children starve from want of dail y food .