For problematical bliss the vivid range
Of present sweets. Fool I to chance the meed
Of dusk futurity for the portion sprung
Flashing upon my sight! Forgive this tongue
Imperious, recalcitrant; yet sure,
I utter freely, speaking as I read
Diverse each several lure.”
Tranquil, immovable, in a mien that won
Me wholly out, respondent it begun:—
“The choice thine own; cast as thou wilt: ’tis mine