So to be served—all this they do not lose,

Waiting for death to live, nor idly choose

What must be Hell—a progress thus pursued

Through all existence, still above the food

That 's offered them; still fain to reach beyond

The widened range, in virtue of their bond

Of sovereignty. Not that a Palma's Love,

A Salinguerra's Hate, would equal prove

To swaying all Sordello: but why doubt

Strong, he needed external strength: