Thought (what in state affairs is most essential),
That they as easily might do the youngster,
As hawks may pounce upon a woodland songster.
XXXVI.
They erred, as agéd men will do; but by
And by we'll talk of that; and if we don't,
'T will be because our notion is not high
Of politicians and their double front,
Who live by lies, yet dare not boldly lie:—
Now what I love in women is, they won't