And vexed, and chafed, by levity and scorn,

And fruitless indignation; galled by pride;

Made desperate by contempt of men who throve

Before his sight in power or fame, and won,

Without desert, what he desired; weak men,

Too weak even for his envy or his hate!

Tormented thus, after a wandering course

Of discontent, and inwardly opprest[140]

With malady—in part, I fear, provoked

By weariness of life—he fixed his home,