These are the spirits I must henceforth ask
If I continue active in this place
Where for so long I have been privileged
To serve the work-plans and that spirit true
Which Hilary’s own father ever loved;
And which I still hear speaking from his grave,
E’en if his son hath no more ears for it.
What saith this spirit of that brave strong man
When he perceives these crazy spirits now
Which his son tries to bring within his house?