"Russell on the Constitution," tumbles from its author's hand;
Disraeli flings away his projects to relieve the land;
Engineers let fall a shower of statements that the tractive power
Of steam, just fifteen miles an hour cannot possibly exceed;
Sugden his determination quits, the due acceleration
Of amended legislation, by mere quibbles to impede,
Pelham and Paul Clifford Bulwer drops, and climbs with greater speed.
Now small hillocks round us lying mark the spots where others, trying
Feats beyond their strength, sank dying, ere the summit they could gain.
Luther's love of toleration perished here by congelation;