By no means! 'T is by merest touch of toe

I try—not trench on—ignorance, just know—

And so keep steady footing: how you fare,

Caught in the whirlpool—that 's the Cause's care,

Strong, wise, good,—this I know at any rate

In my own self,—but how may operate

With you—strength, wisdom, goodness—no least blink

Of knowledge breaks the darkness round me. Think!

Could I see plain, be somehow certified

All was illusion,—evil far and wide