At one of Europe’s gay commercial ports,
Where sovereigns frequent, and where wealth resorts:
Known by his genius, gentleness, and wit,
Where sat the monarch, close did Arnold sit;—
A proud position, certainly, for one
Who had so young such reputation won.
[179] As reported in Lady Prew’s alarming letter.
XV.
Now, Arnold Mountjoy, tall, of handsome gait,
Had grown more pow’rful as he grew in height: