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170 But Cupid wears another face,

Born into Dæmons less divine:

His roses bleach apace,

His nectar smacks of wine.

The Dæmon ever builds a wall,

Himself encloses and includes,

Solitude in solitudes:

In like sort his love doth fall.

He is an oligarch;

He prizes wonder, fame, and mark;

He loveth crowns;

He scorneth drones;

He doth elect

The beautiful and fortunate,

And the sons of intellect,

And the souls of ample fate,

Who the Future's gates unbar,—

Minions of the Morning Star.

In his prowess he exults,

And the multitude insults.

His impatient looks devour

Oft the humble and the poor;