He begged, for certain, and was blind beside:

Seven cities claimed him—Scio, with best right,

Thinks Byron. What he wrote? Those Hymns we have.

Then there 's the 'Battle of the Frogs and Mice,'

That's all—unless they dig 'Margites' up

(I'd like that) nothing more remains to know."

Thus did youth spend a comfortable time;

Until—"What's this the Germans say in fact

That Wolf found out first? It's unpleasant work

Their chop and change, unsettling one's belief: