Living
O Wretched Despicable Slaves
From Works and Life, ed. Forster, vol. VIII (1876)
Living
O wretched despicable slaves,
Accomplices and dupes of knaves!
The cut-throat uncle laid ye low,
The cut-purse nephew gags ye now.
Behold at last due vengeance come
For the brave men ye slew at Rome.
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Landor, Walter Savage. “O Wretched Despicable Slaves.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/658/.
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Landor, Walter Savage. “O Wretched Despicable Slaves.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/658/.
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