Well, if I don't succeed, I have succeeded,

And that's enough; succeeded in my youth,

The only time when much success is needed:

And my success produced what I, in sooth,

Cared most about; it need not now be pleaded—

Whate'er it was, 'twas mine; I've paid, in truth,

Of late, the penalty of such success,

But have not learned to wish it any less.