Him wholly. 'T was Apollo now they lapped,

Those mountains, not a pettish minstrel meant

To wear his soul away in discontent,

Brooding on fortune's malice. Heart and brain

Swelled; he expanded to himself again,

As some thin seedling spice-tree starved and frail,

Pushing between cat's head and ibis' tail

Crusted into the porphyry pavement smooth,

—Suffered remain just as it sprung, to soothe

The Soldan's pining daughter, never yet