Death hath environed their devoted ranks;
Fly where they will, the avenger and the sword
Await them, ... wretches! whom the righteous arm
Hath overtaken!... Join’d in bonds of faith
Accurs’d, the most flagitious of mankind
From all parts met are here; the apostate Greek,
The vicious Syrian, and the sullen Copt,
The Persian cruel and corrupt of soul,
The Arabian robber, and the prowling sons
Of Africa, who from their thirsty sands