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1. The Eternal speaks, all heaven attends;
Who that unhappy race defends
While justice aims the blow.
See nature tremble at their fates;
Death with his iron scepter waits;
Hell opes her adamantine gates,
And triumphs at their woe.
2. Which of the bright celestial throng,
With love so warm and heart so strong,
Dares languish on a cross?
Who can leave liberty for chains,
Abandon ecstasy for pains,
What angel fortitude sustains
The inestimable loss.
