Rising before the dawn, or wrapp'd in night

Roaming with stealthy footstep, as a thief,

To smite their victims, while the wounded groan

Struck by their fatal shaft.

There are, who do

Such deeds of utter darkness as detest

The gaze of day. Muffling their face, they dig

Their way to habitations where they leave

Shame and dishonor.

Though He seem to sleep,