The Last Word + 

Creep into thy narrow bed, + 

Creep, and let no more be said! + 

Vain thy onset! all stands fast; + 

Thou thyself must break at last. + 

Let the long contention cease! + 

Geese are swans, and swans are geese. + 

Let them have it how they will! + 

Thou art tired; best be still! + 

They out-talk’d thee, hiss’d thee, tore thee. + 

Better men fared thus before thee; + 

Fired their ringing shot and pass’d, + 

Hotly charged⁠—and broke at last. + 

Charge once more, then, and be dumb! + 

Let the victors, when they come, + 

When the forts of folly fall, + 

Find thy body by the wall! + 