Cathedral gratitude in the pomp of state,

For that on those lean outcasts hung the sucker Pains,

On these elect the swelling Pleasures grew.

Surely a devil's land when that meant death for each!

Fresh from the breast of Earth, not thus,

With all the body's life to plump the leech,

Is Nature's way, she knew. The abominable scene

Spat at the skies; and through her veins,