...Next came Fraud, and he had on, Like Lord E , an ermine gown ; His big tears, for he wept well, Turned to mill-stones as they fell ; And the little children, who Round his feet played to and fro, Thinking every tear a gem, Had their brains knocked out by them. Clothed with the...

...Fraud, and he had on, , Like Lord B •' , an ermine gowfct His bis; tears, for he wept wefi, Turned to mill-stones as they fell ; • . •* .>. / -.• And the little children, who Round his feet played to and fro, Thinking every tear a gem, Had their Wains knocked out by the»u Clothed with the...

...mine own, But, Tyrant, their polluted souls are thine! ' — "I curse thee, though I hate thee not. 0 slave ! If thou could'st quench the earth-consuming...fell : " And the little children, who Round his feet plav'd to and fro, Thinking every tear a gem, Had their brains knock'd out by them." Towards the end...

...with scorn and sarcasm, on the man who had robbed him of his offspring : — " Next came Fraud, and ho had on, Like Lord Eldon, an ermine gown: His big tears...and fro, Thinking every tear a gem, Had their brains knock'd (jut by them." Towards the end of 1817, Shelley was obliged, owing to pecuniary difficulties,...

...by one, and two by two, He tossed them human hearts to chew, Which from his wide cloak he drew. IV. Next came Fraud, and he had on, Like Lord Eldon, an ermine gown. His big tears, for he wept well, Turned to millstones as they fell ; V. And the little children who Round his feet played to and fro,...

...occasion to men already maddened with distress. I met Murder on the way ; He had a mask like Castlereagh ; Next came Fraud, and he had on, Like Lord Eldon, an ermine gown ; Like Sidmouth next, Hypocrisy, On a crocodile, came by. Such is his description of three of the most...

...Next came Fraud, and he had on, Like Lord E , an ermine gown ; His big tears, for he wept well, Turned to mill-stones as they fell ; And the little children, who Round his feet played to and fro, Thinking every tear a gem, Had their brains knocked out by them. Clothed with the...

...and in his Masque of Anarchy he further described the Lord Chancellor in these scathing lines:— " Next came Fraud, and he had on, Like Lord Eldon, an...and fro, Thinking every tear a gem, Had their brains knock'd out by them." 56 SHELLEY: The spectacle of a divinely-gifted man, thus buffeted to and fro,...

...and in his Masque of Anarchy he further described the Lord Chancellor in these scathing lines : — " Next came Fraud, and he had on, Like Lord Eldon, an...mill-stones as they fell : . " And the little .children, who Bound his feet play'd to and fro, Thinking every tear a gem, Had their brains knock'd out by them."...

...by one, and two by two, He tossed them human hearts to chew, Which from his wide cloak he drew. 4. Next came Fraud, and he had on, Like Lord Eldon, an ermine gown. His big tears, for he wept well, Turned to millstones as they fell ; 5. And the little children who Round his feet played to and fro,...