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The kingdoms of the world.html">world, and all their glory.
Old and lascivious, and from Rome retired
On the Campanian shore, with purpose there
Committing to a wicked favourite
Hated of all, and hating. With what ease,
Appearing, and beginning noble deeds,
Now made a sty, and, in his place ascending,
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Aim, therefore, at no less.html">less than all the world;
Will be for thee no sitting, or not long,
To whom the Son of God, unmoved, replied:--
Of luxury, though called magnificence,
Much less my mind; though thou should'st add to tell.html">tell
On citron tables or Atlantic stone
Their wines of Setia, Cales, and Falerne,
Crystal, and myrrhine cups, imbossed with gems
And hunger still. Then embassies thou shew'st
But tedious waste of time, to sit and hear
Outlandish flatteries? Then proceed'st to talk
How gloriously. I shall, thou say'st, expel
Expel a Devil who first made him such?
For him I was not sent, nor yet to free
Deservedly made vassal--who, once just,
But govern ill the nations under yoke,
By lust and rapine; first ambitious grown
Then cruel, by their sports to blood inured
Luxurious by their wealth, and greedier still,
What wise and valiant man would seek to free
Or could of inward slaves make outward free?
On David's throne, it shall be like a tree
Or as a stone that shall to pieces dash
And of my Kingdom there shall be no end.
Is not for thee to know, nor me to tell."
"I see all offers made by me how slight
Nothing will please the difficult and nice,
On the other side know also thou that I
Nor what I part with mean to give for naught,
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