Of arrogance, unknown Wanderer as I am,

If, having walked with Nature threescore years,

And offered, far as frailty would allow,

My heart a daily sacrifice to Truth,

I now affirm of Nature and of Truth,

Whom I have served, that their DIVINITY

Revolts, offended at the ways of men

Swayed by such motives, to such ends[386] employed;

Philosophers, who, though the human soul

Be[387] of a thousand faculties composed,