Some people have accused me of Misanthropy;
And yet I know no more than the mahogany
That forms this desk, of what they mean;—Lykanthropy[493]
I comprehend, for without transformation
Men become wolves on any slight occasion.
XXI.
But I, the mildest, meekest of mankind,
Like Moses, or Melancthon,[494] who have ne'er[IX]
Done anything exceedingly unkind,—
And (though I could not now and then forbear