(Laughs till his faun-cheeks quiver),

"I'm still at my work, on a new-fangled plan.

Scare is my business; I think I succeed,

When the Mob at my minstrelsy shakes like a reed,

And I mock, as the pale fools shiver."

Shrill, shrill, shrill, O Pan!

Your Panic-pipes, far from the river!

Deafening shrill, O Poster-Pan!

Turning a man to a timorous brute

With irrational fear. From your frantic flute