And moved it to both modesty and charity;
But what surprises me (—ZOILUS, to mock sure,
Will whip me with sham-epigrams would-be witty,—)
Is that Agnostics seem so awfully pure,
And Pessimists so destitute of pity.
ANNALS OF A WATERING-PLACE
THAT HAS "SEEN ITS DAY."
