"A strange example of the force of Law,
And hasty temper on a kindling mind—
Are these the dreams his young Ambition saw?
Poor fellow! he had better far been blind!
I'm sorry thus to probe a wound so raw—
But, then, as Bard my duty to Mankind,
For warning to the rest, compels these raps—
As Geographers lay down a Shoal in Maps."
[[A] For Brougham's Fabian tactics with regard to duelling, vide post, [Canto XIII. stanza lxxxiv]. line 1, [p. 506, note 1].]
[[B] Vide post, [Canto XIII. stanza lxxxiv]. line 1, [p. 506, note 1].]