"For not beneath rich canopies of state,

On beds of down, must fame be sought by man."


FIRMNESS.

FOLLOW thou me, nor heed what others say;

Be like a tower that stoopeth not its head,

Bellow the tempests fiercely as they may.

He in whose breast springs thought to thought succeeding,

Of his intent is ever frustrated—

The force of one the other's force impeding.