Could do as much,—at least, so books aver,—

Able to make believe, while I, poor wight,

Make fancy, nothing more. Though wrong were right,

Could we but know—still wrong must needs seem wrong

To do right's service, prove men weak or strong,

Choosers of evil or of good. 'No such

Illusion possible!' Ah, friends, you touch

Just here my solid standing-place amid

The wash and welter, whence all doubts are bid

Back to the ledge they break against in foam,