“Superfluous myriads from the earth
Are swept by pestilence and dearth;”[86]
Which drive his philosophic plan on,
As well as blunderbuss or cannon;
That, in this world’s great slaughter-house,
Not only sheep and calves and cows,
But “man erect, with thought elate,”
Must “duck” to death his stubborn pate;[87]
That in said butcher’s shop, the weakest
Should always be kill’d off the quickest,