The possibility of change, I would

Have done the best which spirit may to make330

Its way with all Deformity's dull, deadly,

Discouraging weight upon me, like a mountain,

In feeling, on my heart as on my shoulders—

A hateful and unsightly molehill to

The eyes of happier men. I would have looked

On Beauty in that sex which is the type

Of all we know or dream of beautiful,

Beyond the world they brighten, with a sigh—