Iii

Man lives by love. The state subsists by Law. And in these sacred islands east and west, Constant of late the Beast its scaly breast Half rears from earth, and with its unclean paw And bloody fang a-work, and dripping jaw, Offers at England. It is time this pest Were exorcised, and Unrest laid to rest, With all that dares to hold thee not in awe. So thou deal’st faithfully with God and man; With man, who prays thee, England, but to place Thy heavy hand on all that doth immerse The god-like in him, and distort his plan; With God, who made thee regent for a space Over a portion of His Universe.

HESEPE, 1st July