For “Lo!” said they, “that obliging Pope
Has cursed with bell and with book and candle
The cause of Home Rule—that crying scandal!
In holy anger and pious grief
He’s solemnly cursed each Irish thief!
He has cursed Parnell and his plundering crew
In all they say or attempt to do.
He has cursed the League, he has cursed its chiefs,
And its helpless serfs, and its threatened fiefs.
He has cursed O’Brien and Dillon, John,