Classic Poem

WRITTEN 31 ST JANUARY 1849.

Reflecting crime and banks of blood,
Long rolls the River of the Damn'd
Through murder's shouts; its murderous flood
With million victim-corses cramm'd:
At last, Great God, thy sun sinks cold
The hell-prais'd " hell of waters " o'er!
And, oh, may tortur'd Man behold
The " hell of waters " never more!
Never more!