Acquaintance with the way o' the world, we must nor fret

Nor fume, on altitudes of self-sufficiency,

But bid a frank farewell to what—we think—should be,

And, with as good a grace, welcome what is—we find.

CX

Is—for the hour, observe! Since something to my mind

Suggested soon the fancy, nay, certitude that change,

Never suspending touch, continued to derange

What architecture, we, walled up within the cirque

O' the world, consider fixed as fate, not fairy-work.