And in my flesh so tame my spright,
That when the Mighty Ones go forth,
And from the east and from the north
Unwilling ghosts shall gathered be,
I, in my lot,[137] may stand with thee!’
And immediately after, linked with a quotation from the beloved Eclogues: ‘I send you some sawney verses…. Can these be doctored into anything available, or are they dotings?’
‘Old Self and New Self.[138]
NEW SELF.
‘Why sittest thou on that sea-girt rock,
With downward look and sadly-dreaming eye?