“Short be my speech;—nor time affords,
Nor my plain temper, glozing[141] words.
Kinsman and father,—if such name
Douglas vouchsafe to Roderick’s claim;
Mine honor’d mother;—Ellen—why,
My cousin, turn away thine eye?—
And Græme; in whom I hope to know—
Full soon a noble friend or foe,
When age shall give thee thy command
And leading in thy native land,—