"Conscience, that candid judge of right and wrong, / Will o'er the secrets of each heart preside, / Nor aw'd by pomp, nor tam'd by soothing song."
Conscience. An Elegy.
At least 8 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1773, 1775, 1777, 1782, 1785, 1788, 1799, 1800).<br>
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Originally published in <u>Ruddiman's Magazine</u>.<br>
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Text from Fergusson, Robert. <u> The Works of Robert Fergusson</u>, ed. Alexander Balloch Grosart (Edinburgh: Fullarton and Macnab, 1851).