—By these Itinerants, as experienced men,
Counsel is given; contention they appease
With gentle language; in remotest wilds,[740]
Tears wipe away, and pleasant tidings bring;
Could the proud quest of chivalry do more?"
"Happy," rejoined the Wanderer, "they who gain
A panegyric from your generous tongue!
But, if to these Wayfarers once pertained
Aught of romantic interest, it is gone.[741]
Their purer service, in this realm at least,