But what his mission? What the happy quest

Of all this toil? He journeys on his way

As Cæsar did, unbiass'd by the sway

Of maid or man. His goal is in the west.

Will he unbuckle there, and, in his rest,

Dream of the gods who died in Nero's day?

III.

Will he arraign the traitor in his camp?

The Winter Comet who, with streaming hair,