Selfish in its beginning as its end,[JP]
Except where 't is a mere insanity,
A maddening spirit which would strive to blend
Itself with Beauty's frail inanity,
On which the Passion's self seems to depend;
And hence some heathenish philosophers
Make Love the main-spring of the Universe.
LXXIV.
Besides Platonic love, besides the love
Of God, the love of sentiment, the