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... Charles was young , and Charles was prudent ; Worms might milder show than Rome : So he gave half - hearted licence , And brave LUTHER wandered home . But a ban was sent behind him , That he breathed his breath in fear , Doomed to ...
... Charles was young , and Charles was prudent ; Worms might milder show than Rome : So he gave half - hearted licence , And brave LUTHER wandered home . But a ban was sent behind him , That he breathed his breath in fear , Doomed to ...
Page 151
... sacred pride of Rome . Charles , and Laud , and haughty Strafford , They have sworn , all undismayed , Or by daring , or cajoling , They will rule , and ask no aid From the niggard cross - grained people , Looking with CROMWELL . 151.
... sacred pride of Rome . Charles , and Laud , and haughty Strafford , They have sworn , all undismayed , Or by daring , or cajoling , They will rule , and ask no aid From the niggard cross - grained people , Looking with CROMWELL . 151.
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... Like Jove's bolt came down the blow . Other men might dash and rattle ; But with thoughtful plan prepared , In the hour of quick decision CROMWELL was the man who dared . Charles was vanquished : like a hunted Fox from shift CROMWELL . 157.
... Like Jove's bolt came down the blow . Other men might dash and rattle ; But with thoughtful plan prepared , In the hour of quick decision CROMWELL was the man who dared . Charles was vanquished : like a hunted Fox from shift CROMWELL . 157.
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... swelling hymns of praise . They are routed . Stout old Scotland Stands a public fool confessed , When she took a wounded adder Blindly to her kindly breast . L But where is Charles ? With fond assurance He hath CROMWELL . 161.
... swelling hymns of praise . They are routed . Stout old Scotland Stands a public fool confessed , When she took a wounded adder Blindly to her kindly breast . L But where is Charles ? With fond assurance He hath CROMWELL . 161.
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John Stuart Blackie. But where is Charles ? With fond assurance He hath risked to front his foes ' Mid fair England's wooded greenery , Where the Severn gently flows . Vainly ; for , with pace of thunder , Sleepless CROMWELL follows ...
John Stuart Blackie. But where is Charles ? With fond assurance He hath risked to front his foes ' Mid fair England's wooded greenery , Where the Severn gently flows . Vainly ; for , with pace of thunder , Sleepless CROMWELL follows ...
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