Such votes, as make a part exceed the whole

No groundless clamours shall my friend remove,

Nor crowds have power to punish ere they prove;

For Gods and god-like kings their care express,

Still to defend their servants in distress

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{ Oh, that my power to saving were confined!

{ Why am I forced, like heaven, against my mind,

{ To make examples of another kind?

Must I at length the sword of justice draw?