I.

Maimed, beggared, grey; seeking an alms; with nod

Of palsy doing task of thanks for bread;

Upon the stature of a God,

He whom the Gods have struck bends low his head.

II.

Weak words he has, that slip the nerveless tongue

Deformed, like his great frame: a broken arc:

Once radiant as the javelin flung

Right at the centre breastplate of his mark.