Exists, I will believe, but so, so rare,

So doubtful, so exceptional, hard to guess;

When guessed, so often counterfeit; in brief,

A thing not possibly to be conceived

An item in the reckonings of the wise.

Action, that staggers me. For I had hoped,

’Midst weakness, indolence, frivolity,

Irresolution, still had hoped: and this

Seems sacrificing hope. Better to wait:

The wise men wait; it is the foolish haste,