XXII.
Indeed he could not. But what if he had?
There have been and are heroes who begun
With something not much better, or as bad:
Frederick the Great from Molwitz[423] deigned to run,
For the first and last time; for, like a pad,
Or hawk, or bride, most mortals after one
Warm bout are broken in to their new tricks,
And fight like fiends for pay or politics.
