That he restrained the mutinies of Mode;
That Wesley was the only man who floored him;
That order was the essence of his code;
That bullies feared him, that the poor adored him,
And, though in age a thorny path be trode,
For many a year none could his seat disturb,
Mounted on Folly ridden on the curb.
What famous names, what episodes romantic
Are linked with yours in Clio’s sacred shrine
Ere piety pronounced you Corybantic