Country and king's salvation—all through me?"

Memorize that burst's moment, Francis! Tush—

None of the nonsense-writing! Fitlier brush

Shall clear off fancy's film-work and let show

Not what the foolish feign but the wise know—

Ask Sainte-Beuve else!—or better, Quicherat,

The downright-digger into truth that's—Bah,

Bettered by fiction? Well, of fact thus much

Concerns you, that "of prudishness no touch

From first to last defaced the maid; anon,