Chapter 1961 of 1964 · 54 words · ~1 min read

XI.

Temperate I am--yet never had a temper; Modest I am--yet with some slight assurance; Changeable too--yet somehow "_Idem semper_:" Patient--but not enamoured of endurance; Cheerful--but, sometimes, rather apt to whimper: Mild--but at times a sort of "_Hercules furens_:" So that I almost think that the same skin For one without--has two or three within.