"True, I'm a sinner," feebly he begins,
"But trust in Mercy to forgive my sins:"
(Such cool confession no past crimes excite!
Such claim on Mercy seems the sinner's right!)
"I know, mankind are frail, that God is just,
" And pardons those who in his mercy trust;
"We're sorely tempted in a world like this,
" All men have done, and I like all, amiss;
"But now, if spared, it is my full intent
" On all the past to ponder and repent:
"Wrongs against me I pardon great and small,
" And if I die, I die in peace with all. "