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The Hind and the Panther.
But as the Poisons of the deadliest kind
Are to their own unhappy Coasts confin'd,
As only Indian Shades of sight deprive,
And Magick Plants will but in Colchos thrive;
So Presby'try and Pestilential Zeal
Can only flourish in a Common-weal.
Are to their own unhappy Coasts confin'd,
As only Indian Shades of sight deprive,
And Magick Plants will but in Colchos thrive;
So Presby'try and Pestilential Zeal
Can only flourish in a Common-weal.
From Celtique Woods is chas'd the wolfish Crew;
But ah! some Pity e'en to Brutes is due,
Their native Walks, methinks, they might enjoy
Curb'd of their native Malice to destroy.
Of all the Tyrannies on humane kind
The worst is that which Persecutes the mind.
Let us but weigh at what offence we strike,
Tis but because we cannot think alike.
In punishing of this, we overthrow
The Laws of Nations and of Nature too.
Beasts are the Subjects of Tyrannick sway,
Where still the stronger on the weaker Prey.
But ah! some Pity e'en to Brutes is due,
Their native Walks, methinks, they might enjoy
Curb'd of their native Malice to destroy.
Of all the Tyrannies on humane kind
The worst is that which Persecutes the mind.
Let us but weigh at what offence we strike,
Tis but because we cannot think alike.
In punishing of this, we overthrow
The Laws of Nations and of Nature too.
Beasts are the Subjects of Tyrannick sway,
Where still the stronger on the weaker Prey.
Man
