XXXVIII.

'Let thy body-guard yeomen Hew down babes and women, And laugh with bold triumph till Heaven be rent! When Moloch in Jewry Munched children with fury, It was thou, Devil, dining with pure intent.'[89]

PART THE SEVENTH.

_Double Damnation._

The Devil now knew his proper cue.-- Soon as he read the ode, he drove To his friend Lord MacMurderchouse's, A man of interest in both houses, And said:--'For money or for love,

'Pray find some cure or sinecure; To feed from the superfluous taxes A friend of ours--a poet--fewer Have fluttered tamer to the lure Than he.' His lordship stands and racks his