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Lorenzo! no; ’tis here; it is begun;— Already is begun the grand assize, In thee, in all: deputed Conscience scales The dread tribunal, and forestalls our doom; Forestalls; and, by forestalling, proves it sure.

From Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes by Young, Edward