'Then, dumb with anger and surprise,

And not without much reason,

Cæsar unveil'd his royal eyes,

To see who did the treason.

'Then Lady B——mp's mother rush'd,

Nor lords, nor ladies heeding,

And vow'd to Cæsar that she blush'd

To see the girl's ill breeding.

'But, if his Highness would, for once,

Benignantly forget her,