Of thy allegiance; justice this demands,
Immortal justice, speaking through my voice,
Accept him, and rejoice.
. . . . he will prove
Worthier than I have been of reverence and love.
If firm command and mild persuasion failed
To change the temper of an adverse mind,
With such by other engines he prevailed,
Threatening to fling their bodies to the wind
From the dread summit of the lonely block,