Than longer wait to part entirely foes.
Walter had knowledge, prudence, jealous care;
He let no idle views his bosom share;
He never thought nor felt for other men -
“Let one mind one, and all are minded then.”
Friends he respected, and believed them just,
But they were men, and he would no man trust;
He tried and watch’d his people day and night, -
The good it harm’d not; for the bad ’twas right:
He could their humours bear, nay disrespect,