And unto men from them nor good, nor ills betide.15
Revolving in another firmament than they,
Above the spheres that bear the orbs of night and day.
Bright through the moral splendour lent them by the Lord;
Not bound together quite, nor yet in disaccord.
The man whose soul is influenced by one of those,
Like meteors, still shall drive away the spirit’s foes.
His disposition feeleth not the rage of Mars;
He temporises;—meekly acts in prosperous wars.
His light’s triumphant;—darkness it shall never know.