III.
If, callous, thou dost not mistake, And murder for mild Mercy’s sake; And think thou followest Pity’s call, When slaughtered thousands round thee fall,— Know this, Thou think’st amiss; And to think true, Must conquer prejudice, and think anew.
Poetry of the Anti-Jacobin: Comprising the Celebrated Political and Satirical Poems, of the Rt. Hons. G. Canning, John Hookham Frere, W. Pitt, the Marquis Wellesley, G. Ellis, W. Gifford, the Earl of Carlisle, and Others.
If, callous, thou dost not mistake, And murder for mild Mercy’s sake; And think thou followest Pity’s call, When slaughtered thousands round thee fall,— Know this, Thou think’st amiss; And to think true, Must conquer prejudice, and think anew.