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ghizela rowe - anne killigrew - an invective against gold lyrics

of all the poisons that the fruitful earth
e’er yet brought forth, or monsters she gave birth
nought to mankind has e’er so fatal been
as thou, accursed gold, their care and sin

methinks i the advent’rous merchant see
ploughing the faithless seas, in search of thee
his dearest wife and children left behind
(his real wealth) while he, a slave to th’ wind
sometimes becalm’d, the shore with longing eyes
wishes to see, and what he wishes, spies:
for a rude tеmpest wakes him from his dream
and strands his bark by a morе sad extream
thus, hopless wretch, is his whole life+time spent
and though thrice wreck’t, ‘s no wiser than he went

again, i see, the heavenly fair despis’d
a hagg like h+ll, with gold, more highly priz’d;
mens faith betray’d, their prince and country sold
their god deny’d, all for the idol gold

unhappy wretch, who first found out the oar
what kind of vengeance rests for thee in store?
if nebats son, that israel led astray
meet a severe reward at the last day?
some strange unheard+of judgement thou wilt find
who thus hast caus’d to sin all humane kind

- ghizela rowe lyrics

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