XXIV.

This we pass over. We will also pass The usual progress of intrigues between Unequal matches, such as are, alas! A young Lieutenant's with a _not old_ Queen, But one who is not so youthful as she was In all the royalty of sweet seventeen.[jy] Sovereigns may sway materials, but not matter, And wrinkles, the d----d democrats! won't flatter.