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Who sees these dismal heaps, but would demand What barbarous invader sack'd the land?
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “Who sees these dismal heaps, but would demand What barbarous invader sack'd the land?”
Editor's note · Context
Burke evokes a sense of horror at the devastation of the land, questioning the identity of the invader responsible.
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