Extract from The Convict’s Appeal
Poem by Bernard Barton
Still, surely it deserves a thought,
An awful, solemn pause,
Whether the Creed, by Christians taught,
Can justify their laws?
Which doom not death alone, but – far
As human power is given,
Thus place before the Almighty’s bar,
Man – unprepar’d for Heaven!
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