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The Land Of Fl

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If all must suffer equally, and pay             In equal share for that sin wrought by Eve,         O Thou, if Thou wilt deign to answer, say:             Why are the poor tormented? why made grieve         The innocent? why are the free enslaved?             Why have the wicked peace tho' void of ruth?         Why are there none to pity, when, dismayed,             And sick with fear, the lamb bleats to the tooth         That tears him down? why is the cry unheard             Of lonely anguish? why, when the land of Fl         Had loved Thee long and well, was she not spared             The ruin that hath stamped her under all                 That mourn and die?

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