Affection's gift, for the loving and the loved . ip ON me, another cried, ^lortal, I am Worldly Pride t^^^^^^^^^^ff^S^ I it is inflate the brain—Fill the heart with fancies vain;Rend of brotherhood, the ties,Kaise the barriers that riseTwixt the rich man and the poor;Shut of charity the man deem his highest aim,Earthly honors, earthly fame;Honest worth in rags with friendship look on vice,If within his grasp he the fruit of rapine, goldP THE DEMON PICTURE GALLERY. 21 ANOTHER demon said,i On my slaves a spell have •j laid, ^ft^fe^ Sucli as never hatli Ibeen bro
Affection's gift, for the loving and the loved . ip ON me, another cried, ^lortal, I am Worldly Pride t^^^^^^^^^^ff^S^ I it is inflate the brain—Fill the heart with fancies vain;Rend of brotherhood, the ties,Kaise the barriers that riseTwixt the rich man and the poor;Shut of charity the man deem his highest aim,Earthly honors, earthly fame;Honest worth in rags with friendship look on vice,If within his grasp he the fruit of rapine, goldP THE DEMON PICTURE GALLERY. 21 ANOTHER demon said,i On my slaves a spell have •j laid, ^ft^fe^ Sucli as never hatli Ibeen bro- .f^^ ken By tlie word of magic spoken!On tlie heart of man it lies,Drying up its sympathies,Till as well a heart of the woes of others feel;And the world to hims a glassThat but one reflection has—That, the image of his idol—pelf 1 22 * THE DEMON PICTURE GALLERY,. KOSE tlie demon of warand said— Mortal, thou knowest my bloody trade;Yet not on battle-fields alone,Believe tbat all my deeds are leaves his mothers breast the boy,Ere I my fiendish arts employ,A tiny sword I put in his teach him to lisp the word of command;His youth I charm with song and martial pomp, and martial war inspire his every dream,And blood, and pillage, pastime seem !Thus man is taught from willing worshiper to be ;And earth is made in every scene of violence and crime ! THE DEMON PICTURE GALLERY 23
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