Christopher Smart

“ Who nature and her works abuses,
And thus his fellow servants uses,
Shall greatly, and yet justly want,
60 The mercy he refus'd to grant;
And (while his heart his conscience purges)
Shall wish to be the brute he scourges.”
1756 Notes First published in The Literary Magazine (i. 102-3, Dec. 1756) . Reprinted 1791.
↑ 42. main: (Text 1756) : cock-fight; train: (Text 1791) instead.
This work was published before January 1, 1928, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. ”