Kith, kin and generation, crouching low,

Ever on the alert to pounce on prey?

Far be it I should say they profited

By that first frenzy-fit themselves induced,—

Cold-blooded scenical buffoons at sport

With horror and damnation o'er a grave:

That were too shocking—I absolve them there!

Nor did they seize the moment of your swoon

To rifle pocket, wring a paper thence,

Their Cousinly dictation, and enrich