Constancy + 

I had a dream. A throng of people sped + 

Hard after something that before them fled⁠— + 

A ball that leapt and bounded. I pursued, + 

Kicking, like all the rest, at Bryan’s head. + 

Ah, God, it was indeed a ghastly play! + 

That noble head⁠—its locks in disarray + 

Streaming like feathers of a shuttlecock⁠— + 

Urged with resounding buffets on its way. + 

Ever the foremost in the chase accurst + 

Ran Two who in his life, too, had been first + 

Among his followers. “Behold,” I cried, + 

“Those twins of constancy, the Devil and Hearst!” + 

Smitten in spirit with a sudden shame. + 

And from intemperate exertion lame, + 

I sprang, and skyward with a parting kick + 

Hoisted that mellow bulb, and left the game. + 