IX + 

Wherefore regarding him express + 

Perverse, unfavourable views? + 

Is it that human restlessness + 

For ever carps, condemns, pursues? + 

Is it that ardent souls of flame + 

By recklessness amuse or shame + 

Selfish nonentities around? + 

That mind which yearns for space is bound? + 

And that too often we receive + 

Professions eagerly for deeds, + 

That crass stupidity misleads, + 

That we by cant ourselves deceive, + 

That mediocrity alone + 

Without disgust we look upon? + 