You've dandled them and fed them from the book

And know them to the bone; impart to us—

We'll keep the secret—a new trick to please.

Is there a bridle for this Proteus

That turns and changes like his draughty seas?

Or is there none, most popular of men,

But when they mock us that we mock again?

THESE ARE THE CLOUDS

These are the clouds about the fallen sun,