Were more;—but I was born for opposition.
XXIII.
But then 't is mostly on the weaker side;
So that I verily believe if they
Who now are basking in their full-blown pride[NP]
Were shaken down, and "dogs had had their day,"[743]
Though at the first I might perchance deride
Their tumble, I should turn the other way,
And wax an ultra-royalist in Loyalty,
Because I hate even democratic Royalty.[NQ]