Its supreme worth: fulfils, by ordinance of fate,

Its momentary task, gets glory all its own,

Tastes triumph in the world, pre-eminent, alone."


"As firm is my belief, quick sense perceives the same

Self-vindicating flash illustrate every man

And woman of our mass, and prove, throughout the plan,

No detail but, in place allotted it, was prime

And perfect." A

A: Fifine at the Fair, xxix.