Hastings! I knew thee young, and of a mind <br />While young humane, conversable, and kind; <br />Nor can I well believe thee, gentle then, <br />Now grown a villain, and the worst of men. <br />But rather some suspect, who have oppressed <br />And worried thee, as not themselves the best.<br /><br />William Cowper<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/to-warren-hastings-esq/
