High in the air expos'd the Slave is hung br To all the birds of Heaven, their living food! br He groans not, tho' awaked by that fierce Sun br New torturers live to drink their parent blood! br He groans not, tho' the gorging Vulture tear br The quivering fibre! hither gaze O ye br Who tore this Man from Peace and Liberty! br Gaze hither ye who weigh with scrupulous care br The right and prudent; for beyond the grave br There is another world! and call to mind, br Ere your decrees proclaim to all mankind br Murder is legalized, that there the Slave br Before the Eternal, "thunder-tongued shall plead br "Against the deep damnation of your deed.