The Abraham and Elliott mentioned here were inventors of the Grinder's Preservative, which the grinders will not use! But of these strange men more anon.

"The moors—all hail! ye changeless, ye sublime,

That seldom hear a voice save that of Heaven!

Scorners of chance, and fate, and death, and time,

But not of Him, whose viewless hand hath riven

The chasm through which the mountain stream is driven!

How like a prostrate giant—not in sleep,

But listening to his beating heart—ye lie!

With winds and clouds dread harmony ye keep,

Ye seem alone beneath the boundless sky: