Well, then, all else but what man feels is naught—

The wash o' the liquor that o'erbrims the cup

Called man, and runs to waste adown his side,

Perhaps to feed a cataract,—who cares?

I 'll tell you: all the more I know mankind,

The more I thank God, like my grandmother,

For making me a little lower than

The angels, honor-clothed and glory-crowned:

This is the honor,—that no thing I know,

Feel or conceive, but I can make my own