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O, THE MOCKERY OF PITY by CINCINNATUS HEINE MILLER

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First Line: O, THE MOCKERY OF PITY!
Last Line: TILL IT TREMBLE FOR ITS CRIMES?

O, the mockery of pity!
Weep with fragrant handkerchief,
In pompous luxury of grief,
Selfish, hollow-hearted city?
O these money-getting times!
What's a heart for? What's a hand,
But to seize and shake the land,
Till it tremble for its crimes?



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