This mansion grim and hoary,
Nor in my ancient lineage seem'd,
Nor ancient name, to glory?
I shunn'd thy questions then—now list,
And thou shalt hear the story—
"With a brief preface, and thro' life
Believe its warning true—
That they who (save in righteous cause)
Their hands with blood imbrue—
Man's sacred blood—avenging heaven