And crawling but an agony of will.

So once again the old triumvirate,

A buzzard Hunger and a viper Hate

Together with the baser part of Hugh,

Went visionless.

That day the wild geese flew,

Vague in a gray profundity of sky;

And on into the night their muffled cry

Haunted the moonlight like a far farewell.

It made Hugh homesick, though he could not tell