XXIII.

But then 't is mostly on the weaker side; So that I verily believe if they Who now are basking in their full-blown pride[np] Were shaken down, and "dogs had had their day,"[743] Though at the first I might perchance deride Their tumble, I should turn the other way, And wax an ultra-royalist in Loyalty, Because I hate even democratic Royalty.[nq]