Or are toss'd by such allegorical elves

As Pride, Hate, Greed, and Ambition!

CXCI.

The independent Miss Kilmansegg

Took off her independent Leg

And laid it beneath her pillow,

And then on the bed her frame she cast,

The time for repose had come at last,

But long, long, after the storm is past

Rolls the turbid, turbulent billow.