White, large and noble, steady as a rock,

Cunning with many powers, curving, slim.

The smoke, drawn by the door-draught, made it dim.

"Right," Lion answered. "You are steady. Then

There is but one world, Mary; this, the world of men.

"And there's another world, without its bounds,

Peopled by streaked and spotted souls who prize

The flashiness that comes from marshy grounds

Above plain daylight. In their blinkered eyes

Nothing is bright but sentimental lies,