Insatiate prowl for the devoted prey.
Unfeeling Avarice deals the galling wound,
Destructive hurls the flaming brand around.
See—his fell torches spread devouring fires!
The peaceful village in the blaze expires.
Sunk in the terrors of their burning rage,
Lie helpless infancy and feeble age:
And vigour—flying the consuming ray,
'Scapes—to more poignant ills the wretched prey,
To drag, in tears, and chains his lingering day.