But then 't is mostly on the weaker side;

So that I verily believe if they

Who now are basking in their full-blown pride[NP]Were shaken down, and "dogs had had their day,"[743]Though at the first I might perchance deride

Their tumble, I should turn the other way,

And wax an ultra-royalist in Loyalty,

Because I hate even democratic Royalty.[NQ]