CHAPTER XVI.
THE ENGLISH IN INDIA—CONTINUED.
TREATMENT OF THE NATIVES.
Rich in the gems of India’s gaudy zone,
And plunder, piled from kingdoms not their own,
Degenerate trade! thy minions could despise,
The heart-born anguish of a thousand cries;
Could lock, with impious hands their teeming store,
While famished nations died along the shore;
Could mock the groans of fellow-men; and bear
The curse of kingdoms peopled with despair;
Could stamp disgrace on man’s polluted name,