VIII + 

“Is he the same or grown more wise? + 

Still doth the misanthrope appear? + 

He has returned, say in what guise? + 

What is his latest character? + 

What doth he act? Is it Melmoth, + 

Philanthropist or patriot, + 

Childe Harold, quaker, devotee, + 

Or other mask donned playfully? + 

Or a good fellow for the nonce, + 

Like you and me and all the rest?⁠— + 

But this is my advice, ’twere best + 

Not to behave as he did once⁠— + 

Society he duped enow.” + 

“Is he known to you?”⁠—“Yes and No.” + 