"He, failing to obtain a fitter shield,

Would interpose his body, and so blaze,

Blest in the burning. Ah, were mine to wield

"The intellectual weapon—poet-lays,—

How preferably had I sung one song

Which ... but my sadness sinks me: go your ways!

"I sleep out disappointment." "Come along,

Never lose heart! There 's still as much again

Of our bestowment left to right the wrong

"Done by its earlier moiety—explain