In him to stand before my swimming eyes,

Unconquerably virtuous and secure.

—No more of this, lest I offend his dust:

Short was his life, and a brief tale remains.

"One day—a summer's day of annual pomp[717]

And solemn chase—from morn to sultry noon

His steps had followed, fleetest of the fleet,

The red-deer driven along its native heights

With cry of hound and horn; and, from that toil

Returned with sinews weakened and relaxed,