The solemn event of things;

The weakest of hearts defying

Is stronger than all these Kings.

“Tho’ out of the past they gather,

Mind’s Doubt and Bodily Pain,

And pallid Thirst of the Spirit

That is kin to the other twain,

“And Grief, in a cloud of banners,

And ringletted Vain Desires,

And Vice, with the spoils upon him