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In hearts like thine ne'er may I hold a place / Till I renounce all sense, all shame, all grace - / That seat, - like seats, the bane of Freedom's realm, / But dear to those presiding at the helm - / Is basely purchased, not with gold alone; / Add Conscience, too, this bargain is your own - / 'T is thine to offer with corrupting art / The rotten borough of the human heart.
? 1814. From an autograph MS., first printed in 1904.