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THE PURGATORY OF SUICIDES: BOOK 7, STANZA 9 by THOMAS COOPER

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First Line: WHEN NEXT THOU PASSEST BY WHITEHALL, LOOK UP
Last Line: THROUGHOUT THY REALM -- 'QUEEN! FROM THE FEARFUL PAST -- BE WISE!'
Subject(s): VICTORIA, QUEEN OF ENGLAND (1819-1901);
When next thou passest by Whitehall, look up,
I pray thee, and remember who felt there
The fatal axe! Ay, -- look! -- nor be the dupe
Of tinselled traitors who would thee ensnare
To ease and grandeur, till -- thy People's prayer
For justice all too long delayed -- they rise
With that old heart the Stuart to despair
Drove, first, -- and, then, to vengeance! Hunger cries
Throughout thy realm -- 'Queen! from the fearful Past -- be wise!'



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