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The bodies of the flain for fhelter creep. 

 Aghaft they fly, or hide their heads difpers'd. 

 And now perchance (had Heav'n but pleas'd) the work 

 Of death had been compleat, and Aurengzebe 

 By one dread frown extinguifh'd half their race : 

 When lo ! the bright Sultanas of his court 

 Appear, and to his ravifh'd eyes difplay 

 Thofe charms, but rarely to the day reveal'd. 



Lowly they bend, and humbly fue, to fave 

 The vanquifh'd hoft. What mortal can deny 

 When fuppliant beauty begs ? At his command, 

 Op'ning to right and left, the well-train'd troops 

 Leave a large void for their retreating foes : 

 Away they fly, on wings of fear upborne, 

 To feek on diftant hills their late abodes. 



Ye proud opprefTors, whofe vain hearts exult 

 In wantonnefs of pow'r, 'gainfl the brute race. 

 Fierce robbers like yourfelves, a guiltlefs war 

 W^age uncontroU'd : here quench your thirft of blood 5 

 But le^rn from Aurengzebe to fpare mankind, 



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