“Yet will I speak him fair;
“And show in my despatches
“A Minister’s wise care,
“To save him from the bad Zebehr,
“And from the Mahdi too;
“And praise him, while we leave him
“To sink with all his crew!”
“Aye! curse it,” quoth Spectator,
“Why raise a hand to save
“The friends he’s gathered round him;