Stoutly withstood me! ’Tis long time since
Thou crossed this threshold. Yet in earlier days
Thou wast my constant welcome visitor.
Strader:
Alas I have not had the time to spare;
My life hath undergone a curious change.
No longer do I plague my weary brain
With hopeless problems. Now I dedicate
The knowledge I have won to honest work,
Such as may serve some useful end in life.