‘So sent a Stock best suited for the Soil,
‘Led by a Shepherd[53] from a Neighbouring Isle;
‘Who wisely at the first a footing got,
‘Then drove the Vermin from around that Spot;[54]
‘Would, as ’tis said, completed soon the job,—
‘Spite, like a Thief, did from his Laurels rob.
‘Two elder Shepherds[55] came—and what was hard,
‘With their D——n’d nonsense all his projects mar’d.
‘If they were sent his active powers to fetter,
‘Of those who did it, less that’s said the better.