Sad and amazing 'tis to see,
What mad confusion rages over all
This scorching Ball!
No Country is exempt, no Nation free,
But each partakes the Epidemic Misery.
What dismal havock of Mankind is made
By Wars, and Pestilence, and Dearth,
Thro' the whole mournful Earth?
Which with a murdering Fury they invade,
Forsook by Providence, and all propitious Aid.
Whilst Fiends let loose, their utmost Rage employ
To ruin all things here below;
Their Malice and Revenge no Limits know,
But, in the universal tumult, all destroy.