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The most spirited and impassioned of them all, and the most inspired with a sort of prophetic fury, is the one entitled, On the late Massacre in Piedmont.

In the Nineteenth Sonnet, which is also On his blindness, we see the jealous watchfulness of his mind over the use of his high gifts, and the beautiful manner in which he satisfies himself that virtuous thoughts and intentions are not the least acceptable offering to the Almighty.