(Who's fit to be Fire King the Second?)
Captain EYRE MASSEY SHAW is a "Sovereign" indeed,
Abdicating? Alas! that too true is;
For he's a Fire King of a different breed
From the Monarch described by MONK LEWIS.
No mere King of Flames, fiery-faced à la SKELT,
Inhabiting regions most torrid,
With a breath that is warranted copper to melt,
And eyes indescribably horrid.
He hath not a blazing Bardolphian nose,