And, couldst thou see it, an amazing change.

Thou who wert late so happy, and so proud,

To be a seat with liveried men allow’d,

And would not, dared not, in thy very shame,

The titles of their noble masters name—

Titles that, scarcely known, upon thy tongue

With tremulous and erring accent hung—

Now, when accustomed to the splendid Place

And known to all of that illustrious Race;

His Senses all, and most of all his Sight,