The happy guest his promised visit paid;

And now arriving at the Hall, he tried

For air composed, serene and satisfied;

As he had practised in his room alone,

And there acquired a free and easy tone:

There he had said, “Whatever the degree

A man obtains, what more than man is he?”

And when arrived - “This room is but a room;

Can aught we see the steady soul o’ercome?

Let me in all a manly firmness show,