Beside them on the beach, regardlessly

They saw his coming; and their whirring wings

Upon the height had sometimes fann’d his cheek,

As if, being thus alone, humanity

Had lost its rank, and the prerogative

Of man were done away.

For his lost crown

And sceptre never had he felt a thought

Of pain; repentance had no pangs to spare

For trifles such as these, ... the loss of these