A chilly Peace infests the Grass 1
The Sun respectful lies－
Not any Trance of industry
These shadows scrutinize－
Whose Allies go no more astray 5
For service or for Glee－
But all mankind deliver here
From whatsoever sea－
The Sun respectful lies－
Not any Trance of industry
These shadows scrutinize－
Whose Allies go no more astray 5
For service or for Glee－
But all mankind deliver here
From whatsoever sea－
(F.1469/J.1443)
[1] Peace:: peace officer, a civil officer to preserve the public peace, a sheriff or constable. Grass:: a place of leisure.
[2] Sun:: the authority.
[3] Trance:: abstraction, daze, not allowed for a sheriff.
[4] shadows:: those who follow others like shadows.
[5] astray:: away from the good; a hint on the peace officer.
[7, 8] But all, sea:: not only allies, but people from any place the sheriff will scrutinize them.
The peace-officer cooly observing, that it was his duty to prevent mischief, as well as to punish it, and that he never saw eyes like his, without clapping a fastening upon the hands. ─ The Abbess: A Romance (1833)