Left him an outcast on the worldly wild,

Cradled in space, and serpent-swathed in time,

And rocked to sleep by death, or dream-beguiled.

LX

I saw him in his cradle at the first,

With beasts and savage passions, rudely nursed,

To snatch uncertain life from Nature’s hand,

Niggard or prodigal, through best and worst;

LXI