...to reign over a loyal people," but \\ as fated to soon learn the lesson that history teaches those " Who o'er the herd would wish to reign Fantastic, fickle,...fierce and vain ! Vain as the leaf upon the stream, And fickle as a changeful dream ; Fantastic as a woman's mood, And fierce as Frenzy's fevered blood...

...only provoked their laughter. Her Majesty might have said with James of Scotland in the poem : — Who o'er the herd would wish to reign, Fantastic, fickle, fierce, and vain ? But she 'still preserved a calm demeanour, and, entering CHAP. her carriage, amidst shouts of ' Shame...

...their morning note; With like acclaim they hail'd the day 320. When first I broke the Douglas' sway ; And like acclaim would Douglas greet, If he could...fierce, and vain ! Vain as the leaf upon the stream, And fickle as a changeful dream ; Fantastic as a woman's mood, And fierce as Frenzy's fever'd blood....

...James their morning note ; With like acclaim they hail'd the day When first I broke Iho Douglas' sway; And like acclaim would Douglas greet, If he could...fickle, fierce, and vain ! Vain as the leaf upon the stream,1 And fickle as a changeful dream ; Fantastic as a woman's mood, And fierce as Frenzy's fever'd...

...their morning note ; With like acclaim they hailed the day, When first I broke the Douglas' sway : And like acclaim would Douglas greet If he could hurl...wish to reign, Fantastic, fickle, fierce, and vain l Vain as the leaf upon the stream, And fickle as a changeful dream; Fantastic as a woman's mood. And...

...herd would wish to reign, Fantastie, fickle, fierce, and vain! — Vain as the leaf upon the stream, And fickle as a changeful dream; Fantastic as a woman's mood, * And fierce as Fren2y's fevered blood. Thou many-headed monster thing, O, who would wish to be thy king! Canto v....

...King James their morning With like acclaim they hail'd the day When first I broke the Douglas' sway ; And like acclaim would Douglas greet, If he could...wish to reign, Fantastic, fickle, fierce, and vain I Vain as the leaf upon the stream. And fickle as a changeful dream ; Fantastic as a woman's mood,...

...herd would wish to reign, Fantastie, fickle, tierce, and vain I Vain as the lent upon Ihe Иreат, And fickle as a changeful dream ; Fantastic as a woman's...fierce as Frenzy's fevered blood, Thou many-headed monster thing• O, who would wish to be thy king ! " Walter Scott (1771—1832). Verse ii,— "Surely...

...then was, swayed by every silly impulse, and rocked by every gust, " Vain as the leaf upon the stream And fickle as a changeful dream, Fantastic as a woman's mood And fierce as frenzy's fevered blood." The priests in the mosques were preaching sermons which contained more of politics than of religion...

...would wish to reign, Fantastic, fickle, fierce, and vain ! Vain as the leaf upon the stream, A ->d fickle as a changeful dream ; Fantastic as a woman's mood, And fierce as Frenzy's fever'd blood. Thwi many- headed monster-thing, 0 who would wish to be thy king! XXXI. ** But soft...