XXII.

I'm a philosopher; confound them all![go] Bills, beasts, and men, and--no! not womankind![gp] With one good hearty curse I vent my gall, And then my Stoicism leaves nought behind Which it can either pain or evil call, And I can give my whole soul up to mind; Though what _is_ soul, or mind, their birth or growth, Is more than I know--the deuce take them both![gq]