XI.

But who, of all the plunderers of yon Fane[121] On high--where Pallas linger'd, loth to flee The latest relic of her ancient reign-- The last, the worst, dull spoiler, who was he?[dx] Blush, Caledonia! such thy son could be! England! I joy no child he was of thine: Thy free-born men should spare what once was free; Yet they could violate each saddening shrine, And hear these altars o'er the long-reluctant brine.[5.B.]