LVI.

I say that I can tell--'twas half a minute; I know the solar beams take up more time Ere, packed up for their journey, they begin it;[gz] But then their Telegraph is less sublime,[527] And if they ran a race, they would not win it 'Gainst Satan's couriers bound for their own clime. The sun takes up some years for every ray To reach its goal--the Devil not half a day.