Yet all its efforts have been vain;
With Lincoln “Mercy hath been slain!”
Thus blinded by their foolish rage
A desperate war the despots wage;
One martyred patriot falls, ’tis true;
But millions more spring up to view,
Who maddened by this dastard stroke
The vengeful furies fierce invoke;
Like bloodhounds, with terrific yell
Pursue the demons to their hell;