Quote #97

I met Murder on the way - He had a mask like Castlereagh - Very smooth he looked, yet grim; Seven blood-hounds followed him.

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  1. As I lay asleep in Italy There came a voice from over the Sea, And with great power it forth led me To walk in the visions of Poesy.
  2. All were fat; and well they might Be in admirable plight, For one by one, and two by two, He tossed them human hearts to chew.
  3. The trumpet of a prophecy! O Wind, If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?
  4. And many more Destructions played In this ghastly masquerade, All disguised, even to the eyes, Like Bishops, lawyers, peers, or spies.
  5. Make me thy lyre, even as the forest is: What if my leaves are falling like its own! The tumult of thy mighty harmonies Will take from both…
  6. Last came Anarchy: he rode On a white horse, splashed with blood; He was pale even to the lips, Like Death in the Apocalypse.
  7. Oh, lift me as a wave, a leaf, a cloud! I fall upon the thorns of life! I bleed!
  8. And he wore a kingly crown; And in his grasp a sceptre shone; On his brow this mark I saw - 'I AM GOD, AND KING, AND LAW!'

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