[iv]
Fayette beside King Lewis stood ; 13
He saw him sign his hand ;
And soon he saw the famine ragfe
About the fruitful land.
[v]
Fayette beheld the Queen to smile 17
And wink her lovely eye ;
And soon he saw the pestilence
From street to street to fly.
[vi]
Fayette beheld the King & Queen 31
In tears & iron bound ;
But mute Fayette wept tear for tear,
And guarded them around.
fa'
[vii]
Fayette, Fayette, thou'rt bought & sold 25
And sold is thy happy morrow ;
Thou gavest the tears of Pity away
In exchange for the tears of sorrow.
beheld] liked EY. 22 tears & iron] curses and iron WMR ; tears
of iron EY. 24 Here follow in the MS. the deleted stanza : — ' Fayette, Fayette, thou'rt bought & sold For well I see thy tears Of Pity are exchanged for those Of selfish slavish fears.' and the deleted beginning of a stanza : — ' Fayette beside his banner stood, His captains false around, Thou'rt bought & sold ' EY reading ' I will see ' for ' well I see,' and ' King Lewis ' for 'his banner.' This again is followed by the stanza marked for erasure : — ' Who will exchange his own fireside For the steps of another's door? "Who will exchange his wheaten loaf For the links of a dungeon floor ? ' and the two deleted lines : — ' Who will exchange his own heart's blood For the drops of a Harlot's eye 1 ' 25-32 Fayette . . . floor] These stanzas were at first written in reversed order.
