Crawl forth on missions in the cause
Of slave-lords and their brutal laws;
And care not for their country’s loss,
If they can only clutch the “dross!”
Whilst these disgrace the freeman’s name,
And bring the land to scorn and shame,
By singing pæans to the god
Who wields the despot’s chain and rod,
Th’ awakened youth of Europe sing
Hosannas to great freedom’s king,