Nay, more, as he returned the gaze,

He thought he saw the Statue raise

Its dexter arm and point south-west,

As though his notice to arrest.

Nor was the intimation vain,

For as the Don his eye did strain,

He saw folks in Victoria Street,

Caught, too, the tramp of many feet;

And, listening still, soon overheard

Such sounds that he at once inferred,