CXVI.

So a Leg was made in a comely mould,

Of gold, fine virgin glittering gold,

As solid as man could make it—

Solid in foot, and calf, and shank,

A prodigious sum of money it sank;

In fact 'twas a Branch of the family Bank,

And no easy matter to break it.

CXVII.

All sterling metal—not half-and-half,