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JOAN OF ARC.
Oppression shall be chain'd, and PovertyDie, and with her, her Brood of Miseries; 865And Virtue and Equality preserveThe reign of Love, and Earth shall once againBe Paradise, whilst Wisdom shall secureThe state of bliss which Ignorance betrayed."
"Oh age of happiness!" the Maid exclaim'd, 870"Roll fast thy current, Time till that blest ageArrive! and happy thou my Theodore,Permitted thus to see the sacred depthsOf wisdom!""Such," the blessed Spirit replied, "Beloved! such our lot; allowed to range 875The vast infinity, progressive stillIn knowledge, and encreasing blessedness, This our united portion. Thou hast yetA little while to sojourn amongst men:I will be with thee! there shall not a breeze 880Wanton around thy temples, on whose wing

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