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And the precious Cat.Ass. were loud in their wail,

And mute was the Corn-Exchange temple of Baal;

For the might of the party, in spite of big words,

Must melt like the snow before Protestant Lords.

From “Spirit of the Age Newspaper” for 1828.

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CHILDE HAROLD’S PILGRIMAGE.

Canto I.

“Adieu, adieu! my native shore