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this_o imprecation_n or_o rather_o these_o make_v two_o distinct_a imprecation_n the_o first_o in_o these_o word_n o_o earth_n cover_v not_o thou_o my_o blood_n the_o second_o in_o these_o let_v my_o cry_n have_v no_o place_n job_n engage_v all_o upon_o the_o truth_n of_o what_o he_o have_v say_v be_v willing_a that_o his_o worst_a might_n be_v see_v and_o his_o best_a not_o hear_v if_o he_o have_v not_o speak_v truth_n o_o earth_n cover_v not_o thou_o my_o blood_n compellare_fw-la poeticum_fw-la sane_fw-la &_o patheticum_fw-la in_o dolore_fw-la aut_fw-la re_fw-la alia_fw-la gravissima_fw-la res_fw-la mutas_fw-la mortuasve_fw-la omni_fw-la sensu_fw-la audituque_fw-la carentes_fw-la testes_fw-la &_o auditores_fw-la compellare_fw-la job_n speak_v pathetical_o or_o as_o some_o render_v he_o poetical_o while_o he_o bespeak_v the_o earth_n and_o make_v the_o inanimate_a creature_n his_o hearer_n the_o sacred_a penman_n do_v often_o turn_v their_o speech_n to_o the_o heaven_n and_o to_o 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