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Faction
Such Celsus is, but I foresee his Fate
To be supplanted by Sempronia's Hate.
(Sempronia of a Lewd procuring Race,
The Senate's Grievance, and the Court's Disgrace.)
'Tis well he cannot long his Ground maintain,
For Hell wou'd then employ her Fiend in vain.
He never knew to Prostitute the State,
Never by being Guilty to be Great.
Nor yet when publick Storms came rowling on,
Did he or Danger or his Duty shun.
Rome's subtle Priests with Sophistry essay'd,
With Wealth and Honour in the Ballance lay'd,
To shock his Faith; but nothing could controul
The firm Resolves of an unbyass'd Soul.
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