The cruel spirit in the place is check’d;
His lordship holds not in such sacred care, 610
Nor takes such dreadful vengeance for a hare;
The smugglers fear, the poacher stands in awe
Of Heaven’s own act, and reverences the law;
There was, there is a terror in the place
That operates on man’s offending race;
Such acts will stamp their moral on the soul,
And while the bad they threaten and control,
Will to the pious and the humble say, }