He goes from hole to brushwood, plunging finds—
Smothered in briers—that the small's the great!
"All men are men: I would all minds were minds!
Whereas 't is just the many's mindless mass
That most needs helping: laborers and hinds
"We legislate for—not the cultured class
Which law-makes for itself nor needs the whip
And bridle,—proper help for mule and ass,
"Did the brutes know! In vain our statesmanship
Strives at contenting the rough multitude: