I told you once, I cannot now enjoy,

Unless I deem my knowledge gains through joy;

Nor can I know, but straight warm tears reveal

My need of linking also joy to knowledge:

So, on I drive, enjoying all I can,

And knowing all I can. I speak, of course,

Confusedly; this will better explain—feel here!

Quick beating, is it not?—a fire of the heart

To work off some way, this as well as any.

So, Festus sees me fairly launched; his calm