And he persisted in the butchery.
Also, 't is said that in his latest walk
To that Dogana-by-the-Bank he built,
The crowd,—he suffers question, unrebuked,—
Asked, 'Whether murder was a privilege
Only reserved for nobles like the Count?'
And he was ever mindful of the mob.
Martinez, the Cæsarean Minister,
—Who used his best endeavors to spare blood,
And strongly pleaded for the life 'of one,'