Par. Far-seeing, truly, to discern so much

In the fantastic projects and day-dreams

Of a raw restless boy!

Fest. Oh, no: the sunrise

Well warranted our faith in this full noon!

Can I forget the anxious voice which said,

"Festus, have thoughts like these e'er shaped themselves

In other brains than mine? have their possessors

Existed in like circumstance? were they weak

As I, or ever constant from the first,