Of bronze-like muscles elegant, that poised

A head like Hope's; and then the manly lines

Of face developed by action and mobile

To each suggestive impulse of the mind,

Of smiles of buoyancy or scowls of gloom.—

And what deep eyes were his!—Aye; I can see

Their wild and restless disks of luminous night

Instinct with haughtiness that sneered at Fate,

Glared cold conclusion to all circumstance,

As with loud law, to his advantage swift: