And all because the jealous JOVE[2]
Of Eastern climes thought fit to prove
The venom of his reign;
On which, to minds of light esteem,
Some few severities might seem
To leave a transient stain.
Soon [3] on your head from yon dark sky,
Or WOODFALL’s Hasty Sketches lye,
The gather’d storm will break!
Deep will the vengeful thunder be,
And from the sleep he owes to thee,
Shall NUNDCOMAR awake!
Then arm against the rude attack,
Recall thy roving memory back,
And all thy proofs collect!—
Remember that you cannot gain
A second hearing to explain,
And [4] therefore be correct.
[1] MILTON makes honourable mention of the founder of the family:
“Fit vessel, fittest Imp of Fraud.”
Paradise Lost, b. IX.
It may be observed, in proof of the descent, as well as to the credit of the present Representative, that he has not degenerated from the characteristic “obliquity” of his Ancestor.
[2] Late Tyrannus.
[3] Demissa tempestas ab Euro Sternet—Nisi fallit Augur Anosa Cornix.
[4] See Declaration of Sir E—— I——, offered to the House by Mt. DEMPSTER.
SONG.
To the Tune of “LET THE SULTAN SALADIN,” in RICHARD CŒUR DE LION.