So when her bonfires lighted hill and plain,
Did Bloody Mary think on Lady Jane.
So Russia thought of Finland, while her heel
Fell heavier on the prostrate commonweal.
So Booth of Lincoln thought: and so the High
Priests let Barabbas live, and Jesus die.
THE INCENTIVE
I saw a sickly cellar plant
Droop on its feeble stem, for want
Of sun and wind and rain and dew—