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I la , h a ! T have them ill my grip,
I hold them fast, they cannot slip,
Their throats I grab,
Their ho,arts I stab,
T quell their moan.s, T still tlicir trouble--
I'm T>Arlin.r the nre is to stubble.

Gods were they called by men, at birth c
I lay them low, low down in earth;
They once wore crowns,
And put on frowns;
I wind them in the e’.ammy sheet,
I crush them 'neath my ;ron feet.

Jaws spoke decrees— I rend their jaws,
I rend their flesh with ghastly claws;
Go, bring them hither—-
They come, they wither ;
I slay their hopes, 1 kill their pride,
Their eyes are dead, their blood is dried,

Victor, come here! Thou homeless, come!
For one, defeat— for one, a home !
Thou pauper there.

Til ole millionaire—
Beneath your ribs L diij and burrow,
I plough you under in one furrow.

I seize them all, there’s 110 reprieve,
I munched old Adam, dined on Eve,
Caesars 1 bound
Fast under ground ;
I snuff out kings, the kings are not.
I rout their hosts, their armies rot-