Once were Patriots fierce and bold”—
(Each his head, with gore distilling,
Shakes, the whilst his tale is told).
“Some from that dread engine’s carving
In vain contrived their heads to save—
See Barbaroux and Pétion[[236]] starving
In the Languedocian cave!
See, in a higgler’s[[237]] hamper buckled,
How Louvet’s soaring spirit lay!
How virtuous Roland,[[238]] helpless cuckold,