The grain of sand

J. Avshalomov

What shall I do! what could I do, if I could find these Criminals

I could not dare to take vengeance; for all things are so constructed

And builded by the Divine hand, that the sinner shall always escape,

And he who takes vengeance alone is the criminal of Providence;

If I should dare to lay my finger on a grain of sand

In way of vengeance; I punish the already punishd; O whom

Should I pity if I pity not the sinner who is gone astray:

O Albion, if thou takest vengeance; if thou revengest thy wrongs

Thou art for ever lost! What can I do to hinder the Sons

Of Albion from taking vengeance? or how shall I them perswade.