"happy in your ignorance!" replied the poet, with an air of sublime superiority. "to your coarser mind, perhaps, i may seem to speak of more important griefs when i add, what i had well-nigh forgotten, that i am out at elbows, and almost starved to death. at any rate, you have the advice and example of one individual to warn you back; for i am come hither, a disappointed man, flinging aside the fragments of my hopes, and seeking shelter in the calm retreat which you are so anxious to leave."