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Stanza 4 67

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“The same, as one obliged by a noble Thought, the debt of Honour left as ’heritance by predecessors, (who in life aye fought their own dear land’s best interests to advance) ne’er for a moment failèd of his fraught⁠—

Obligement;⁠—at what hour Day’s radiance pales, and the nitid Stars on high that rise, with falling courses woo man’s sleep-worn eyes;

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