With exposition and arrangement clear,
And summary abrupt and crushing, as
His old experience in the courts had taught,—
So free in tone and doctrine that the throng
Swayed on their benches, beating noisily
Great tomes together like the roll of drums.
Then silence for Suarez’s quodlibet;
As half-reluctant, without emphasis,
His cold unwavering voice proposed the plan
Of his objection,—When uproarious