Nor doth he of himself know them for aught,

Till he behold them formed in the applause,

Where they’re extended! which like an arch reverberates

The voice again, or like a gate of steel,

Fronting the sun, receives and renders back

Its figure and its heat.’

Patroclus gives the indolent warrior the same advice.

‘Rouse yourself; and the weak wanton Cupid

Shall from your neck unloose his amorous fold,

And like a dew-drop from the lion’s mane