To blight and scourge the world anew.
When o’er the land such seed is spread,
To plague the living—shame the dead,
What wonder miseries should prevail,
And every evil life assail?
While hell’s black jaws yawn wide beneath,
And belch on high its sulphurous breath,
What wonder Freedom’s glorious dawn
Is clouded by the infernal spawn?
The taint of crime will long remain