To hunt—and vote—and raise the price of corn?

But corn, like every mortal thing, must fall,

Kings—Conquerors—and markets most of all.

And must ye fall with every ear of grain?

Why would you trouble Buonaparté's reign?

He was your great Triptolemus;[333] his vices

Destroyed but realms, and still maintained your prices;

He amplified to every lord's content580

The grand agrarian alchymy, high rent.[er]

Why did the tyrant stumble on the Tartars,