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PERSECUTION - ZaunköniG - 04.11.2013 PERSECUTION. 0 Persecution ! fearful as thou art, With scowling brow, and aspect stern and rude, Thy hands in blood of Innocence imbrued, Wrung, drop by drop, from many a tortured heart, — Why should we dread thy gibbet, axe, or stake ? Thou dost our faith, our hope, our courage try, And mak'st us valiant where we thought to fly : Through thee, the crown of Victory we take. Thy fires but purify our gold from dross ; Once undiscerned, our value now appears, Which shall, at interest, increase with years ; So do we gain by thee, nor suffer loss : — 'Twere base to sacrifice the Truth, to save Our names from foul reproach — our bodies from the grave. |