Curs'd the fair maid, and shook his angry head [perceives the boots and label..]

"Who dares this pair of boots displace,

Must meet Bombastes face to face."

Ha! dost thou dare me, vile obnoxious elf?

I'll make thy threats as bootless as thyself:

Where'er thou art, with speed prepare to go

Where I shall send thee—to the shades below [knocks down the boots.]

Bombas. [coming forward.] So have I heard on Afric's burning shore,

A hungry lion give a grievous roar;

The grievous roar echo'd along the shore.