Galvanically make dead muscle play,

Or how shall I illustrate muscle's use?)

I could then, last July, bid courier take

Message for me, post-haste, a thousand miles.

I bid him, since I have the right to bid,

And, my part done so far, his part begins;

He starts with due equipment, will and power,

Means he may use, misuse, not use at all,

At his discretion, at his peril too.

I leave him to himself: but, journey done,