Or with a cudgel or a fist:
But on reflection, felt an awe
Of the grim, prosecuting law:
Besides, had he enrag'd the room,
It might have prov'd his final doom:
Still he for vengeance inly cried
And he was shortly satisfied.
—The Bow-street folk he happ'd to know
Were walking that way to and fro,
And when more closely on the watch,