Punch/Volume 147/Issue 3820/The Evangelist
I have found favour in the sight of God;
From all His servants He selected Me
To take His gospel, "God and Germany,"
To Belgian heretics. Lo, I have trod
Through Belgium terribly, and taught the pack:
I put their ancient cities to the sack,
I gave their men and women to the sword,
I took their Belgian babes upon my knee
And broke them to the glory of the Lord.
It may be that one Belgian kennel stands,
One Belgian dog, not trampled into dust,
Still battles on beside these hosts of Hell
Who think to question the Most High's commands -
God will forgive me one, for He is just;
The blood of many thousands lights my fest;
Calmly I step before the Judgment Seat—
"Have I done well, O Lord, have I done well?"
A. A. M.