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 66. Superstition   O LORD and Christ, Thy Children of the South  So shudder, when they see The two-edged sword sharp-issuing from Thy   mouth,  As to fall back from Thee,  And cling to charms of man, or heathen rite To aid them against Thee, Thou Fount of love and   light!   But I before Thine awful eyes will go  And firmly fix me there, In my fall shame; not bent my doom to know,  Not fainting with despair;  Not fearing less than they, but deeming sure, If e'en Thy Name shall fail, nought my base heart   can cure.  Lazaret, Malta .  January 21, 1833.