Nay, the meanest need not miss it, though the mightier pass it by;
For it comes—it comes,” said Gilbert, “and, thou seest, it does not die!”
THE JANEITES
THE SURVIVAL
Horace, Ode 22, Bk. V.
Securely, after days
Unnumbered, I behold
Kings mourn that promised praise
Their cheating bards foretold.
Of earth-constricting wars,