Still his semblance proved to be
Garish Mirth or Vanity;
And still of all I sought in vain
Good tidings of the lost to gain.
The scholar said, “In poet’s book;”
The poet, “In some leafy nook;”
“Oh, which?” “I know not yet,” he says,
“Go thou and seek—’mid clustering bays;”
The lawyer, “In the judge’s gown;”
The judge, “In ermine’s lordly down;”