And my head began to swim,

To see their jaws all white with foam,

Like the ravenous ocean-brim;—

But when the wild dogs trotted away

Their jaws were bloody and grim!

XXXIII.

Their jaws were bloody and grim, good Lord!

But the beggar man, where was he?—

There was nought of him but some ribbons of rags

Below the gallows' tree!—