Chapter 672 of 1964 · 60 words · ~1 min read

CXV.

Twelve negresses from Nubia brought a price Which the West Indian market scarce could bring-- Though Wilberforce, at last, has made it twice What 't was ere Abolition; and the thing Need not seem very wonderful, for Vice Is always much more splendid than a King: The Virtues, even the most exalted, Charity, Are saving--Vice spares nothing for a rarity.