Upon Leviathan Fleets and Mammoth Armies,

Spending his boasted gifts of Tongue and Brains

In Party spouting. Swearing potent charm is

In grubbing muck-rake Money on the Mart,

Or squandering it on Turf, or Gambling Table.

Squabbling o'er the Morality of Art,

Or fighting o'er the Genesis of Fable.

You'll find him—as a Frank—in comic rage,

Mouthing mad rant, fighting preposterous duels,

Scattering ordures o'er Romance's page,