Poetry · Chapter
Indian Mutiny explained
A brief, graphic poem recounting the violence of the Indian Mutiny, describing the brutal killing of British infants and the subsequent British retaliation that enforced Christian law through fear of the British Lion.
What happens
A brief, graphic poem recounting the violence of the Indian Mutiny, describing the brutal killing of British infants and the subsequent British retaliation that enforced Christian law through fear of the British Lion.
Key passages
“British infants who were nobly born Were from their bleeding mother’s bosom torn, And with the bayonet dashed upon the street There left to lie for native dogs to eat.”
Noble British babies were ripped from their mothers' arms, stabbed with bayonets, and left in the street for dogs.
Graphic depiction of rebel atrocities during the Indian Mutiny.
“But the British Lion he quick o’erthrew, Both the high and the low Hindu, Now they respect the Christian laws For fear of British Lion’s paws.”
But the British quickly defeated all Hindus, high and low, and now they obey Christian laws out of fear of British power.
Describes British retaliation and the imposition of colonial order through force.