Outlaw of the genteel-sounding name England foreswore -- England the insular; Model and lord of outlaws making war Upon the fenced-in herd, fattening, tame; Voluptuary worsted at love's game, Harold and Juan, Cain and Manfred are, Between your loves and hates, the simple bar You interposed whenever tedium came! Apollo's face, and feet of weakest clay, Genius and pride, the sore-encumbering clods Of kin and love -- these were the crushing odds. Proudly unbroken you went on your way, And from your death-bed by the Grecian bay You took your place among the deathless gods! |