Feast on bread and water there
In a cell, without a care.
They shall learn at least their duty,
Never tempted more of beauty—
They shall walk in rows and praise the Lord,
And one or two shall hang upon a cord—
And two or three shall die of grief alone—
(And this is well, for sinners should atone,)
And five or six shall curse the God that made them,
(And this is wicked, for the priests forbade them,)