"As Easy as A.B.C" in A Diversity of Creatures
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WHETHER the State can loose and bind![]() If it be wiser to kill mankind ![]() These are matters of high concern ![]() But Holy State (we have lived to learn) ![]() Whether The People be led by The Lord, ![]() If it be quicker to die by the sword ![]() These are things we have dealt with once, ![]() For Holy People, however it runs, ![]() Whatsoever, for any cause, ![]() Power above or beyond the Laws, ![]() Holy State or Holy King— ![]() Have no truck with the senseless thing. ![]() ![]() ![]() Once there was The People—Terror gave it birth; Once there was The People and it made a Hell of Earth. Earth arose and crushed it. Listen, O ye slain! Once there was The People—it shall never be again! |