And heaven none—they form the tyrant's lease,

With nothing but new names subscribed upon't:

'Twill one day finish: meantime they increase,

"With seven heads and ten horns", and all in front,

Like Saint John's foretold beast; but ours are born

Less formidable in the head than horn.

VIII.

In the first year of freedom's second dawn

Died George the Third; although no tyrant, one

Who shielded tyrants, till each sense withdrawn