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Robert Southey - Poems On The Slave Trade - Sonnet IIIRobert Southey - Poems On The Slave Trade - Sonnet III
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Oh he is worn with toil! the big drops run  Down his dark cheek; hold—hold thy merciless hand,  Pale tyrant! for beneath thy hard command O`erwearied Nature sinks. The scorching Sun, As pityless as proud Prosperity,  Darts on him his full beams; gasping he lies  Arraigning with his looks the patient skies, While that inhuman trader lifts on high  The mangling scourge. Oh ye who at your ease  Sip the blood-sweeten`d beverage! thoughts like these Haply ye scorn: I thank thee Gracious God!  That I do feel upon my cheek the glow Of indignation, when beneath the rod  A sable brother writhes in silent woe.
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