Blot ye the gold, while your spider-web strengthens

—Blacked to the stoutest of tickens?"

I for man's effort am zealous:

Prove me such censure unfounded!

Seems it surprising a lover grows jealous—

Hopes 'twas for something, his organ-pipes sounded,

Tiring three boys at the bellows?

Is it your moral of Life?

Such a web, simple and subtle,

Weave we on earth here in impotent strife,