A mortal, who, by dint of Intellect, Of Wisdom, Goodness, and of all high qualities. Did rise from out the common ruck of men, 18 LOCAL LYBICS. As doth the cedai- rise, in l<in;,'ly pride, Above the tangled bnuubles ; how we hailed TTiin as a brother ; how wo cast aside Uis frail humanity, and bade him come To be a god, as we are ? Sat. — I remember The facts you mention, well. J 11'. — Since those glad days The race of mortals has all pigmy grown. True, Intellect has cropped up hijre and there — As in the ease of Shakspeare ; Goodness, too— As in the instance of one Dr. Watts ; Extreme Fidelity lias, too, occurred. And Statesmanship, and lofty gifts of speech, Have found exponents, now and then, on earth. But never have we in these latter days Beheld a mortal, who himself contained. In his own i^erson, all these glorious parts In absolute perfection. Sat. — No, alas ! Yet, ere, my lord, we yield to black despair, I would suggest that I, thy faithful slave, With thy authority, do visit earth,