11.
High on a rock, his cunning eye
Surveys half Europe at a glance;
Fat Holland, fertile Italy,
Old Spain, and gay, regenerate France.
12.
He strikes, with wooden sword, the earth,
Which heaves with motion necromantic;
The nations own a second birth,
And trace his steps with gestures antic.
13.
The Pope prepares for war, but soon
All pow’rful Harlequin disarms him,
And changing into Pantaloon,
Each motion frets, each noise alarms him.
14.
With trembling haste he seeks to join
His daughter Gallia, lovely rover!
But she, transform’d to Columbine,
Her father scorns, and seeks her lover.
15.
The Dutchman next his magic feels,
Chang’d to the Clown, he hobbles after;
Blund’ring pursues the light of heels,
Convulsing friends and foes with laughter.