Stand between mine and many a myriad's sun;
But were I not Diogenes, I'd wander
Rather a worm than such an Alexander!
Be slaves who will, the cynic shall be free;480
His tub hath tougher walls than Sinopè:[en]
Still will he hold his lantern up to scan
The face of monarchs for an "honest man."[325]
XI.
And what doth Gaul, the all-prolific land
Of ne plus ultra ultras and their band