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TO THE PENNSYLVANIANS by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH

Poet Analysis

First Line: DAYS UNDEFILED BY LUXURY OR SLOTH
Last Line: TO UPPER AIR FROM MAMMON'S LOATHSOME DEN.
Subject(s): PENNSYLVANIA;

DAYS undefiled by luxury or sloth,
Firm self-denial, manners grave and staid,
Rights equal, laws with cheerfulness obeyed,
Words that require no sanction from an oath,
And simple honesty a common growth --
This high repute, with bounteous Nature's aid,
Won confidence, now ruthlessly betrayed
At will, your power the measure of your troth! --
All who revere the memory of Penn
Grieve for the land on whose wild woods his name
Was fondly grafted with a virtuous aim,
Renounced, abandoned by degenerate Men
For state-dishonour black as ever came
To upper air from Mammon's loathsome den.





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