Where Heavenward rose the God in man of old,

Staunch stand these Wardens. Sleepless, they behold

Each turn of England's Evil Eye. They call,

When she would form the fulminate of gold,

A thumb and finger-pinch of which, let fall,

Might blast Columbia's peaks to slit of thrall.

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LIST TO DEMOSTHENES, IF NOT TO HEARST

Of all the fulminates, gold is the worst,