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Fit retribution! Gaul may champ the bit And foam in fetters;--but is Earth more free?[289] Did nations combat to make _One_ submit? Or league to teach all Kings true Sovereignty?[he] What! shall reviving Thraldom again be The patched-up Idol of enlightened days? Shall we, who struck the Lion down, shall we Pay the Wolf homage? proffering lowly gaze And servile knees to Thrones? No! _prove_ before ye praise!