And “Go on, Edward!”
Why speak I thus? This very morn,
I saw that cruel William Burn,
Whilst crying “Greens!” upon his course,
Assail his ass with all his force;
He smote him o’er the head and thighs,
Till tears bedimm’d the creature’s eyes!
Oh! ’twas too much. My blood ’gan rise,
And I exclaim’d,
“Had I an” &c.