This thing your worships well know can
Be done on Doctor Darwin’s plan,
And ’tis the best work, past a doubt,
Our gun boats can be set about.
Paulo majora nunc canamus,[38]
And hope the public will not blame us
If we should soar, (’tis our intention,)
Above your worship’s comprehension.
We’ve form’d the most tremendous plan,
Which ever stretch’d the mind of man,