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 , Lamb of God! , blameless Prince of Peace! From all sides rush the thirsty brood of war! , and that foul of the , The lustful Murd'ress of her wedded Lord! And he, connatural Mind! whom (in their songs So bards of elder time had haply feign'd) Some Fury fondled in her hate to man, Bidding her serpent hair in tortuous folds Lick his young face, and at his mouth imbreathe Horrible sympathy! And leagued with these Each petty German Princeling, nurs'd in gore! Soul-harden'd barterers of human blood! Death's prime Slave-merchants! Scorpion-whips of Fate! Nor least in savagery of holy zeal, Apt for the yoke, the race degenerate, Whom Britain erst had blush'd to call her sons!