Following the dubious course of spirit-ways?
After such buffetings from fate I lived
For many weeks benumbed, to madness nigh.
And when by nature’s aid I was at last
Restored to sense, I made a firm resolve
To meddle with such seeking never more.
Long, long it was before I had regained
My body’s health; and ’twas a joyless time.
I made myself proficient in those things
That lead to business and to normal life.