That an absent Sovereign rules;
For had he mistaken England’s fogs,
He had recognized her fools!
And hereabout, he wandered at will,
’Mid sights that gladdened his heart;
For his friends seemed many in every place,—
The church, the camp, and the mart;
And the foes of himself and Ignorance,
Were few and weary at heart,
He heard in his dream a curate preach