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Thou hast been called, O sleep! the friend of woe;
But ’tis the happy that have called thee so.

— Robert Southey The Curse of Kehama (1810)

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Order is the sanity of the mind, the health of the body, the peace of the city, the security of the State.

Cold is thy heart and as frozen as Charity!

Curses are like young chickens, they always come home to roost.

The Curse of Kehama (1810)

The laws are with us, and God on our side.

Affliction is not sent in vain, young man,
From that good God, who chastens whom he loves.

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