XXIII.
He was what Erin calls, in her sublime
Old Erse or Irish, or it may be Punic;—
(The antiquarians[424]—who can settle Time,
Which settles all things, Roman, Greek, or Runic—
Swear that Pat's language sprung from the same clime
With Hannibal, and wears the Tyrian tunic
Of Dido's alphabet—and this is rational
As any other notion, and not national;)—
