The faint, indignant, dying speech went off:
“But who is this?” thought he - “a demon vile,
With wicked meaning and a vulgar style:
Hammond they call him: they can give the name
Of man to devils. - Why am I so tame?
Why crush I not the viper?” - Fear replied,
Watch him awhile, and let his strength be tried:
He will be foil’d, if man; but if his aid
Be from beneath, ’tis well to be afraid.”
“We are call’d free!” said Hammond - “doleful times,