Thus we, a spleenful race, are free
From magic and from sorcery;
While those who lived with good Queen Bess
(As they that know the truth confess)
Tho’ Spleen and Vapours there were none,
Had Imps and Witches many a one;
And he who, ’cause he has not seen,
Will not believe, hath ne’er, I ween,
With due attention mused upon
Thy page, O British Solomon!