My slip to sin is not the cause, and if

You later speak or if you hold your peace

Decide yourself; I’ll bind you not in aught,

And more, I hold that wish of mine in check

Since you have ever, like a bronzen god

Above a brawl of fire, self-mastered, cold,

Cast the strong fretless eye upon our hell.

You may command belief in giving witness.

We are for you a race of other breed

No bond can knit to you; you speak of us