And ladies like a little spice of Mars.—[MS. erased.]

[KR] {438}The false attempt at Truth——.—[MS.]

[580] {439}[Compare—

"Lo! Erin, thy Lord!

Kiss his foot with thy blessing"——

The Irish Avatar, stanza 14, Poetical Works, 1901, iv. 558.]

[KS]

Kiss hands—or feet—or what Man by and by

Will kiss, not in sad metaphor—but earnest,

Unless on Tyrants' sterns—we turn the sternest.—[MS.]