The state of the law in this ‘Land of the free’”—
(Speak these words in a manner most zealous and fervid)—
That there’s no law for those who most richly deserve it!
Yes, Sir, ’tis a fact not less true than astounding—
A fact—to the wise with instruction abounding,
That those who the face of the country destroy,
And hurl o’er the best scenes of Nature alloy—
Who Earth’s brightest portions cut through at a dash—
Who mix beauty and beastliness all in one hash”—
(I don’t dwell upon deaths, since a reason so brittle