To groan and sweat under official life,

But that the thought of doing something great—

That undiscovered thing, that seldom comes

To poor Home Secretaries—urges me on,

Though I would rather bear the ills we have,

Than fly to others that I know not of?

Thus, too, sharp Londoners, poor cowards all,

May think—if so, I pall in resolution.

My enterprise, though of great pith and moment,

Which none regard, and which seems all awry,