And never cause with zeal inviolate
Be strong enough my haughty youth to bind.
Ah, readier men-at-arms! beneath the trees
Where shepherd-meek, I bear mine altered part,
And watch the charge far off, and think with awe:
I have seen higher, holier things than these,
And therefore must to these refuse my heart,[ [2]—
That heavenly pride forbids my hand to draw.
[2] Τὸ καλόν: Arthur Hugh Clough.
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