Answer to----'s Professions of Affection
IN hearts like thine ne'er may I hold a placeTill I renounce all sense, all shame, all grace--That seat,--like seats, the bane of Freedom's realm,But dear to those presiding at the helm--Is basely purchased, not with gold alone;Add Conscience, too, this bargain is your own--'T is thine to offer with corrupting artThe rotten borough of the human heart.
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