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Faction
Oh had he liv'd to Perfect his Design,
We soon had rooted out the hated Line!
Howe'er, since Fate has that great Change decreed,
We may on his unfinish'd Scheme proceed.
We may 'gainst Pow'r repos'd in One inveigh,
And call all Monarchy Tyrannick Sway.
We may the Praises of the Dutch advance;
Rail at the Arbitrary Rule of France;
Extol the Commonwealth in Adria's Flood,
WhiC11 for ten rowling Centuries has stood;
Argue how th' Roman and Athenian State
Were only when Republicks truly Great;
Assert in Passive Jacobites despight,
Rebellion is a Freeborn Peoples right;
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