Versos English Joost van den Vondel Epode

English poem

Epode

by (1587–1679)

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Doth not soon some power transcending War's fierce flames in bounds enchain, What will unconsumed remain? Treason's horrors are impending: Fires of discord shall profane Heaven and Earth and sea and plain. Treason seeks her justifying In her triumph; then she would God's own mandates be defying: Treason knows nor God nor blood.