VI.

"Panting for power—as harts for cooling streams—

Yet half afraid to venture for the draught;

A go-between, yet blundering in extremes,

And tossed along the vessel fore and aft;

Now shrinking back, now midst the first he seems,

Patriot by force, and courtisan[D] by craft;

Quick without wit, and violent without strength—

A disappointed Lawyer, at full length.

VII.