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And blood‐bespotted, shall again revive In silver splendour, may the wreath be wov'n By voluntary hands; and Freemen, such As England's self might boast, unite to place The guarded diadem on his fair brow, Where Loyalty may join with Liberty To fix it firmly.—­In the rugged school Of stern Adversity so early train'd, His future life, perchance, may emulate That of the brave Bernois4, so justly call'd The darling of his people; who rever'd The Warrior less, than they ador'd the Man! But ne'er may Party Rage, perverse and blind, And base Venality, prevail to raise To public trust, a wretch, whose private vice Makes even the wildest profligate recoil;