<p class="poetry">How long, <sc>Lordsc>, must I cry for help?p> <p class="poetry">But you do not listen!p> <p class="poetry">I call out to you, &#8220;Violence!&#8221;p> <p class="poetry">But you do not intervene!<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry"><sc>Lordsc>, I have heard the report of what you did;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I am awed,<n id="2" /> <sc>Lordsc>, by what you accomplished.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">In our time<n id="4" /> repeat those deeds;<n id="5" />p> <p class="poetry">in our time reveal them again.<n id="6" />p> <p class="poetry">But when you cause turmoil, remember to show us mercy!<n id="7" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">I listened and my stomach churned;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">the sound made my lips quiver.p> <p class="poetry">My frame went limp, as if my bones were decaying,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and I shook as I tried to walk.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">I long<n id="4" /> for the day of distressp> <p class="poetry">to come upon<n id="5" /> the people who attack us.p>