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h, Christ! it is a goodly sight to seeWhat Heaven hath done for this delicious land![aq]What fruits of fragrance blush on every tree!What goodly prospects o'er the hills expand!But man would mar them with an impious hand:And when the Almighty lifts his fiercest scourge'Gainst those who most transgress his high command,With treble vengeance will his hot shafts urgeGaul's locust host, and earth from fellest foemen purge[ar]
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