High in the air exposed the slave is hung To all the birds of Heaven, their living food! He groans not, though awaked by that fierce sun New torturers live to drink their parent blood! He groans not, though the gorging vulture tear The quivering fiber! Hither gaze O ye Who tore this man from peace and liberty! Gaze hither ye who weigh with scrupulous care The right and prudent; for beyond the grave There is another world! and call to mind, Ere your decrees proclaim to all mankind Murder is legalized, that there the slave Before the Eternal, "thunder-tongued shall plead Against the deep damnation of your deed." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A SHROPSHIRE LAD: 47. THE CARPENTER'S SON by ALFRED EDWARD HOUSMAN POOR [OR, COCK] ROBIN by MOTHER GOOSE AN ESSAY ON MAN by ALEXANDER POPE A DIRGE by PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY MARY MAGDALEN by BARTOLOME LEONARDO DE ARGENSOLA FIRST CYCLE OF LOVE POEMS: 1 by GEORGE BARKER |