Don Juan saw that Microcosm on stilts,

Yclept the Great World; for it is the least,

Although the highest: but as swords have hilts

By which their power of mischief is increased,

When Man in battle or in quarrel tilts,

Thus the low world, north, south, or west, or east,

Must still obey the high[635]—which is their handle,

Their Moon, their Sun, their gas, their farthing candle.