XIII.

This were the worst desertion:—renegadoes,

Even shuffling Southey, that incarnate lie,[JX]Would scarcely join again the "reformadoes,"[530]Whom he forsook to fill the Laureate's sty;

And honest men from Iceland to Barbadoes,

Whether in Caledon or Italy,

Should not veer round with every breath, nor seize

To pain, the moment when you cease to please.

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