The poor most welcome—to Learning’s treasure,
And drink their fill without stint or measure?
Who hath so nobly used his thrift,
And bestowed on the world this priceless gift,
Free to all, whoever may come?
Was this noble work built up by the ‘masses,’
Or by one of the ‘miserly, upper classes’?”
To the Spirit, this speech was quite unexpected,
And he stood in a sort of stupid dismay;