And their language is plain,
That for cruelty dark,
And for jealousy vain,
The Heathen Chinee is _peculiar_,--
In future perhaps they'll refrain.

AH-SIN has his faults,
Which one cannot deny;
And some recent assaults
On the mis-sion-a-ry,
Have been worthy of--say Christian Russia,
When dealing with small Hebrew fry.

But the EMPEROR seems stirred
Persecution to bar,
Which it might be inferred
That I mean the White CZAR;
But I don't. On the Muscovite CÆSAR
Such charity clearly would jar.

_He's_ always the same,
And he'll not stay _his_ hand;
The poor Jews are fair game
In a great "Christian" Land;
But the Lord of the Pencil Vermilion
Rebukes _his_ fanatical band.

A Heathen--of course!--
(Whilst the CZAR is a Saint)
But a sign of remorse