With great Rossini, his own bow and fiddle,—

And even Irving spar'd a night from fame,

And talk'd—till thou didst stop him in the middle,

To serve round Tewah-diddle![219]

VIII.

Then all the guests rose up, and sighed good-bye!

So let them:—thou thyself art still a Host!

Dibdin—Cornaro—Newton—Mrs. Fry!

Mrs. Glasse—Mr. Spec!—Lovelass—and Weber,

Mathews in Quotem—Moore's fire-worshipping Gheber—