This is the place where William's kingly power br Did from their poor and peaceful homes expel, br Unfriended, desolate, and shelterless, br The habitants of all the fertile track br Far as these wilds extend. He levell'd down br Their little cottages, he bade their fields br Lie barren, so that o'er the forest waste br He might most royally pursue his sports! br If that thine heart be human, Passenger! br Sure it will swell within thee, and thy lips br Will mutter curses on him. Think thou then br What cities flame, what hosts unsepulchred br Pollute the passing wind, when raging Power br Drives on his blood-hounds to the chase of Man; br And as thy thoughts anticipate that day br When God shall judge aright, in charity br Pray for the wicked rulers of mankind.