And all to leave what with his toil he won,

To that unfeathered two-legged thing, a son;[239]

Got, while his soul did huddled notions try;

And born a shapeless lump, like anarchy.

In friendship false, implacable in hate;

Resolved to ruin, or to rule the state.

}

{ To compass this the triple bond he broke;

{ The pillars of the public safety shook;

{ And fitted Israel for a foreign yoke;[240]