But[498] thinly sown these natures; rare, at least,

The mutual aptitude of seed and soil

That yields such kindly product. He, whose bed

Perhaps yon loose sods cover, the poor Pensioner

Brought yesterday from our sequestered dell

Here to lie down in lasting quiet, he,

If living now, could otherwise report

Of rustic loneliness: that grey-haired Orphan—

So call him, for humanity to him

No parent was—feelingly could[499] have told,