How long will conquerors trample earth, And Strength prevai… - Nicholas Michell

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How long will conquerors trample earth,
And Strength prevail o'er Right and Worth?
Gaze round the world—this truth confess,
The powerful still the weak oppress;
New empires spring o'er empires' graves,
Some must be free, and some be slaves;
Some spirits rise, some sink as deep,
And these must smile and those must weep:
Man, as he thinks and acts below,
An equal lot can never know.

Nicholas Michell

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(4 June 1807 – 6 April 1880), was a Cornish writer, best known for his poetry.

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