"Behold a cabinet for sages built,

Which kings might envy!"—Praise to this effect

Broke from the happy old Man's reverend lip;

Who to the Solitary turned, and said,

"In sooth, with love's familiar privilege,

You have decried the wealth which is your own.[218]

Among these rocks and stones, methinks, I see

More than the heedless impress that belongs

To lonely nature's casual work: they bear