Chapter 34 No.34

And now the self-elected Chief finds time

To stun the first sensation of his crime,

And raise it in his followers-"Ho! the bowl!"[357]

Lest passion should return to reason's shoal.[fb]100

"Brandy for heroes!"[358] Burke could once exclaim-

No doubt a liquid path to Epic fame;

And such the new-born heroes found it here,

And drai