To thrive and fatten after such reverse!

The whole plan is a makeshift, but will last

My time.

Fest. And you have never mused and said,

"I had a noble purpose, and the strength

To compass it; but I have stopped half-way,

And wrongly given the first-fruits of my toil

To objects little worthy of the gift.

Why linger round them still? why clench my fault?

Why seek for consolation in defeat,