Can read unmoved of Charley or of Jo;
Of dear Miss Flite, who, though her wits be flown,
Has kept a soul as pure as driven snow;
Of the fierce “man from Shropshire” overthrown
By Law’s delays; of Caddy’s inky woe;
Or of the alternating fits and fluster
That harass the unhappy slavey, Guster?
And there are scores of characters so vivid
They make us friends or enemies for life:
Hortense, half-tamed she-wolf, with envy livid;