Thou crawling horror of the coward soul!
Thy snaking convolutions furtive roll.
To track thy trail, to face thy stony glare,
And smite and slay is general duty's goal.
Civilisation armed with trenchant Law
Must play the Perseus with thy monster maw,
And all mankind be banded in the quest
Of the worst enemy mankind e'er saw.
The massacre of innocents, the blind
Blasting of the best hopes of humankind;