With friar Bacon’s brazen head,
Each point’s a more mysterious thing
Than Goodman Gyges’ brazen ring.
“And they will mend a wooden leg
Much better than a walnut peg,
Will make a rogue a pair of ears,
Who’s had them clipp’d by Justice’s shears.
“Make Hydra heads spring up, I ween,
For people shaved by guillotine;
Thus force our freedom loving neighbors