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,