}

{ And last the cannons' voice that shook the skies,

{ And, as it fares in sudden ecstasies,

{ At once bereft us both of ears and eyes.

The Naseby, now no longer England's shame,

But better to be lost in Charles his name,[59]

(Like some unequal bride in nobler sheets)

Receives her lord; the joyful London meets

The princely York, himself alone a freight;

The Swiftsure groans beneath great Gloster's weight:[60]