And not that we have wandered from the way;
It is a maxim to perversion grown,
And points to others’ faults to hide our own.
XXI.
“But as my Plymouth visitor requests,
We’ll seek that cottage; I have called it mine,
These hands have built it; but all friendly guests
May call it theirs, and, Elder, it is thine
While thou sojournest here. Whoever rests
Beneath its roof may not expect a fine,