PAPAL ALLOCUTION

What hast thou done? Hark, till thine ears wax hot,

Judas; for these and these things hast thou done.

Thou hast made earth faint, and sickened the sweet sun,

With fume of blood that reeks from limbs that rot;

Thou hast washed thine hands and mouth, saying, “Am I not

Clean?” and thy lips were bloody, and there was none

To speak for man against thee, no, not one;

This hast thou done to us, Iscariot.

Therefore, though thou be deaf and heaven be dumb,

A cry shall be from under to proclaim

In the ears of all who shed men's blood or sell

Pius the Ninth, Judas the Second, come

Where Boniface out of the filth and flame

Barks for his advent in the clefts of hell. ( i )