Hail, patriot spirit! thy labours be blest! For of all great reformers thyself wert the first; Thou wert the first, with discernment strong, To perceive that all rights divine were wrong; And long hast thou spent thy sovereign breath, In heaven above and in earth beneath, And roared it from thy burning throne, The glory of independence alone; Proclaiming to all, with fervor and irony, That kingly dominion's all humbug and tyranny; And whoso listeth may be free, For freedom, full freedom's the word with thee! That life has its pleasures--the rest is a sham, And all that comes after a flim and a flam! Speed thee! Speed thee! Liberty lead thee! Many this night shall hearken and heed thee. Hie abroad, Demigod! Who shall defame thee? King of the Elements! how shall we name thee? As the imps concluded their song, our prisoners on the top of the castle perceived a large rough watch-dog jogging out at the gate of the castle, and following in the direction of the fugitives. When the brute saw that he was perceived he turned round, set up his snout toward the battlements, and uttered a loud bow-wow-wow, which, when the great Master heard, he started to his feet, and, with wild staring looks, and his hair standing on end, took shelter behind the friar." "Behold thou, and see with thine eyes, that it is only a watch-dog come from the camp of our captain," said the friar. "Lo, thy very nature is changed since first I saw thee." "Then, would to the gods that I had never seen thee, or that I had seen thee sooner," said the Master; and strode away to discourage any farther reply. The dog followed the fugitives, and bent his course toward the mill.