}
But fluttering there, they nestle near the throne, }
And lodge in habitations not their own, }
By their high crops and corny gizzards known. }
Like Harpies, they could scent a plenteous board,
Then to be sure they never failed their lord:
The rest was form, and bare attendance paid;
They drunk, and eat, and grudgingly obeyed.
The more they fed, they ravened still the more;
They drained from Dan, and left Beersheba poor.