And single out the midnight prey;
No cowardlike I meet the foe,
With footsteps insecure and slow,
Or cause his death by languid strife—
Boldly this dagger ends his life.
Give back, ye CRIMES, your claims resign,
For I demand the post as mine.’
AV’RICE declar’d his love of gold;
His nation, or himself he sold;
He taught the sin of PRIDE betimes;