Some tired-out posture master here may rest,

Some conjuring swordsman—guiltless of his blood!

The applause of listening cockneys to command,

The threats of City-marshal to despise;

To give delight to all the grinning band,

And read their merit in spectators’ eyes,

Is still their boast; nor, haply, theirs alone,

Polito’s lions (though now dormant laid),

The human monsters, shall acquire renown,

The spotted Negro—and the armless maid!