On the Failure of the Attempts to Obtain a Mitigation of Dr. Dodd's Punishment

Ah, who the ways of Providence can know,
Distributing or good or ill below?
M d consents that murderers should live,
And Sodom's sons the royal grace receive;
Mercy the merciful cannot obtain.
And contrite Dodd for pity sues in vain!
But lo! the righteous Judge shall quickly come,
And every soul receive his equal doom.
Who mercy now to penitents deny,
Guilty yourselves, and soon condemn'd to die,
(Yourselves to felons if ye dare prefer,)
Judgment unmix'd ye for yourselves prepare,
And death eternal at the last great bar!