Charles Churchill Poems

Can the fond mother from herself depart?
Can she forget the darling of her heart,
The little darling whom she bore and bred,
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Ah me! what mighty perils wait
The man who meddles with a state,
Whether to strengthen, or oppose!
False are his friends, and firm his foes:
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Amongst the sons of men how few are known
Who dare be just to merit not their own!
Superior virtue and superior sense,
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