An Alexander perhaps may cut the knot
Some future day, and thus, just in the middle
Of all our ruminatings on our lot,
Show us that all our reasoning is but fiddle-
Faddle, and all our boasted hard-earned knowledge,
Is even less than what I learnt at college.
II
Heroes are more than men; mine's more than any.
If he's a hero who can love and hate.
As few can do, yet look just like the many;