The boy his food?—What, man! the lad must live:
Consider, Peter, let the child have bread,
He'll serve thee better if he's stroked and fed."
None reason'd thus—and some, on hearing cries,
Said calmly, "Grimes is at his exercise."
Pinn'd, beaten, cold, pinch'd, threaten'd, and abused—
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His efforts punish'd and his food refused—
Awake tormented—soon aroused from sleep—
Struck if he wept, and yet compell'd to weep: