But the comfort, Christ. All this how far away /
Mere delectation, meet for a minute's dream!"B
B: Ibid. 2089-2097.
So illimitably beyond his strength is such a life, that he finds himself like the drudging student who
"Trims his lamp,
Opens his Plutarch, puts him in the place
Of Roman, Grecian; draws the patched gown close,
Dreams, 'Thus should I fight, save or rule the world!'—
Then smilingly, contentedly, awakes
To the old solitary nothingness."A