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Rh That captain of the scorned; The coveter of life in soul and shell, The fratricide, the thief, the infidel, The hoofed and horned;—

He singularly doomed To what he execrates and writhes to shun;— When fire has passed him vapour to the sun, And sun relumed,

Then shall the horrid pall Be lifted, and a spirit nigh divine, 'Live in thy offspring as I live in mine,' Will hear her call.