LXIII.

It is not that yon hoary lengthening beard Ill suits the passions which belong to Youth;[fi] Love conquers Age--so Hafiz hath averr'd, So sings the Teian, and he sings in sooth[162]-- But crimes that scorn the tender voice of ruth,[fj][163] Beseeming all men ill, but most the man In years, have marked him with a tiger's tooth; Blood follows blood, and, through their mortal span, In bloodier acts conclude those who with blood began.[fk][164]