"The deed once done, and Paswan's feud 730

In part suppressed, though ne'er subdued,

Abdallah's Pachalick was gained:—

Thou know'st not what in our Divan

Can wealth procure for worse than man—

Abdallah's honours were obtained

By him a brother's murder stained;

'Tis true, the purchase nearly drained

His ill-got treasure, soon replaced.

Would'st question whence? Survey the waste,

And ask the squalid peasant how 740

His gains repay his broiling brow!—

Why me the stern Usurper spared,

Why thus with me his palace spared,

I know not. Shame—regret—remorse—

And little fear from infant's force—

Besides, adoption as a son

By him whom Heaven accorded none,

Or some unknown cabal, caprice,

Preserved me thus:—but not in peace:

He cannot curb his haughty mood,[gm] 750

Nor I forgive a father's blood.