XXXIV.

“And patience, Heaven! while I pronounce the name Of him, the fellest monster of them all-- Godoy who sold Iberia first to shame, And through her cold lips forced the cup of gall, Parted to France the Indian dower whose thrall Columbus won--even basely dared profane His monarch’s bed; and shadowing thus our fall, Napoléon gave a path to Lusitain O’er our dishonoured soil--those footsteps conquered Spain!