Even the tribute of "derisive grins"
Is now denied them in their final rout.
Mere non-belief in his existence may
Seem, to one emptying a festive flagon
In the interior of the "Wasp and Wagon,"
A very trifling matter any way.
But it is most annoying to the Dragon.
The subject may appear beneath contempt
To one who holds the world's applause in scorn,
Preferring in a cloister to adorn