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    But a voice , from a distance , yet audibly clear , In accents not human ., cries loud in my ear , c Can thy God ere forget thee ? O Israel , never ; Thy foes ^ shall thus perish , and perish for ever !'" Rotherham , May 31 , 1826 . J . BRETTELL .

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    STANZAS ON IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT ,

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    1 . They talk about Misfortune—most sincerely I wish Miss Fortune would but change her name By marriage—it is not at all too early , She being- of all old naaids the eldest dame $ Her long celibacy has cost us dearly , Anbd matrimonial discipline mi g ht tame , Or break her heart—a deed it does sometimes , As witness naany melancholy rhymes .

    2 . At present , she is a most bilious bore , Her love is hate , her company perdition , Her breath , like Miltoa ' s stygian soil , " burns frore , " Her touch is quint-essential inanition : She has sent millions to their graves before Their hour—a most uncomfortable mission- — With broken hearts , and thing's of that sort , which are Gifts that do not appear to make men richer .

    3 . For me , I never lik'd her , name or nature ;—Yet she is a most philanthropic lady , Loving mankind with hate ; nought can abate her Satanic charity , for all men ready : For every human breather , soon or later , She feels a passion , sometimes strong and steady- — ] f so , an early stone , his dust above , Commemorates her diabolic love .

    4 . All this is but a prologue , to begin ( Instead of an address to the nine muses ) A few slight strictures on a crying sin , One of our constitutional abuses ; — I mean the plan of locking up , within The four walls of a jail , whoever loses The power of paying what he cannot get—Commonly call'd Imprisonment for Debt .

    5 . No doubt , it is " a passing pleasing" sight ( That is , to Christian creditors ) to see Debtors and sovereigns lockM up , day and night , Under the jailor ' s and the banker ' s key : At the first superficial glance , one might Imagine they were both priz ed equally—Both being treasur'd up with equal care From the same < c charter'd libertine , the air . "

    6 . Yet this , I really think , is not the case 3—For , if said creditors were driven to loose One of the twain from their familiar place Of wajtch and ward , I think it might conduce

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1826, page 367, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2549/page/51/