The hounded, luckless inmate of the jail
May greater effort make, without avail,
Than judge who sits upon the bench to give
Decree—if prisoner may or may not live.
For one, the right may be an easy way;
In vain the other struggles to obey
Himself, the spark divine that seeks to guide
Thro’ matter’s maze, and with him e’er will ’bide
Go where he may, in crime, in paths of pain;
Till step by step, the summit he shall gain.”