And left him to die out there all alone.
What if 'twere your son instead of another?
What if your wife were that poor boy's mother,
And he only sixteen?
Ye free-holders who signed the petition to grant
The license to sell, do you think you will want
That record to meet in the last great day,
When the earth and the heavens shall have passed away,
When the elements, melted with fervent heat,
Shall proclaim the triumph of Right complete?