Aidless 'mid these he thinks to stand alone:

Thick like a glory round the Stagirite

Your rivals throng, the sages: here stand you!

Whatever you may protest, knowledge is not

Paramount in your love; or for her sake

You would collect all help from every source—

Rival, assistant, friend, foe, all would merge

In the broad class of those who showed her haunts,

And those who showed them not.

Par. What shall I say?