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PAUL I. IN THE PRISON OF KOSCIUSKO.
And opening wide his prison-gate, lie bade him go once more,
And seek the freedom that he loved, on whatsoever shore;
But alas, for Kosciusko! the boon was all in vain,
While Poland gasped in chains, how could he ever smile again?