"'Tis plain that the men who are over my head
Have ideas I've not quite comprehended."
And lightly men talk of his fanatic ways,
Because life and wealth he nought reckons;
But little he recks of their blame or their praise,
And goes straight where his own honour beckons.
Not half of his heavy task is done,
That of "rescuing and retiring"—
He will not retire, for he has rescued none,
And thousands upon him are firing.