Chapter 1821 of 1964 · 58 words · ~1 min read

XCII.

But though I am a temperate theologian, And also meek as a metaphysician, Impartial between Tyrian and Trojan, As Eldon[761] on a lunatic commission,-- In politics my duty is to show John Bull something of the lower world's condition. It makes my blood boil like the springs of Hecla,[762] To see men let these scoundrel Sovereigns break law.