071) The Second Part.

The Second Part.

9 But thou hast cast us off, and now most shamefully we yield; For thou no more vouchsaf’st to lead our armies to the field.

10 Since when, to ev’ry upstart foe we turn our backs in fight; And with our spoil their malice feast, who bear us ancient spite.

11 To slaughter doomed, we fall, like sheep, into their buteh’ring hands! Or (what’s more wretched yet) survive, dispersed through heathen lands.

12 Thy people thou hast sold for slaves, and set their price so low, That not thy treasure by the sale, but their disgrace might grow.

13,14 Reproached by all the nations round, the heathen’s byword grown, Whose scorn of us is both in speech and mocking gestures shown.

15 Confusion strikes me blind, my face in conscious shame I hide, 16 While we are scoffed, and God blasphemed, by their licentious pride.