Tiresias, and Other Poems/To the Duke of Argyll
TO THE DUKE OF ARGYLL.
O Patriot Statesman, be thou wise to knowThe limits of resistance, and the boundsDetermining concession; still be boldNot only to slight praise but suffer scorn;And be thy heart a fortress to maintainThe day against the moment, and the yearAgainst the day; thy voice, a music heardThro' all the yells and counter-yells of feudAnd faction, and thy will, a power to makeThis ever-changing world of circumstance,In changing, chime with never-changing Law.