Chapter 16 THE OFFICE GOES IN QUEST OF THE MAN

Victory brings peace without;

Amity conquers within.

How can my thought hide a doubt?

Doubt in the mighty is sin!

Yet, as I watch from my height,

Rearing his spears like a wood,

On swarms the dun Muscovite-

Slavish, inebriate, rude!

Dim-seen, within the profound,

Shapeless, insensate, malign,

Fold within dragon-fold wo