Ventum est ad triarios: last resource

Should be to what but—exquisite disguise

Disguise-abjuring, truth that looks like lies,

Frankness so sure to meet with unbelief?

Say—you hold in contempt—not them in chief—

But first and foremost your own self! No use

In men but to make sport for you, induce

The puppets now to dance, now stand stock-still,

Now knock their heads together, at your will

For will's sake only—while each plays his part