Or that their innate ...

Par. As I said but now,

You have a very decent prophet's fame,

So you but shun details here. Little matter

Whether those hopes were mad,—the aims they sought,

Safe and secure from all ambitious fools;

Or whether my weak wits are overcome

By what a better spirit would scorn: I fail.

And now methinks 't were best to change a theme

I am a sad fool to have stumbled on.