text:  Right well in Hamburg revell'd he--though Elbe ran rolling by-- He could have drain'd--so fierce his thirst--the mighty river dry! With silk and gold and diamond he cramm'd his hungry maw; And he tamed the wild republicans who knew nor lord nor law! He feasted well in Moscow--in the city of the Tsar-- When 'fore the northern streamers paled Napoleon's lurid star: Around the hoary Kremlin where Moscow once had stood He pass'd and left a heap behind of ashes slaked in blood! He feasted once in London--he feasted best of all-- When through the close-packed city he swept from wall to wall: Even as of old the wrath of God came down in fiery rain On Sodom and Gomorrha on the Cities of the Plain! * * * * * POSITION AND PROSPECTS OF THE GOVERNMENT