‘Such numbers sent from Home, and such variety;
‘Some from all Countries, German, Irish, British—
‘Some staid enough, but many Cursed skittish:
‘Many from Envy—rancorous, and jealous,
‘Esteem’d themselves most mighty clever Fellows,
‘Would mar the Scheme that he’d so ably planned,
‘Had he not held them with a steady Hand.
‘Some swore he always studied to insult them,
‘There peep’d the Cloven foot—he’d not consult them.
‘He wisely judged, and smiled at the attack—