Or best, for love's sake,—such and such a slave
Sold his allowance of sour lentil-soup
To herewith purchase me a pipe-stick,—nay,
If he, by but one hour, cut short his sleep
To clout my shoe,—that were a sacrifice!"
"All praise his gracious bearing."
"All praise mine—
Or would praise did they never make approach
Except on all-fours, crawling till I bade,
'Now that with eyelids thou hast touched the earth,