XI

And tears in his faint eyes, and hands extended

      To stretch the franchise through their utmost ranks?

That having, like a father, apprehended,

      He came to pardon fatherly those pranks

Played out, and now in filial service ended?

      That some love token, like a prince, he threw,

To meet the people's love-call, in return?

      Well, how he came I will relate to you;

And if your hearts should burn, why, hearts must burn,

      To make the ashes which things old and new

Shall be washed clean in—as this Duke will learn.