Heroes are men, and man is heav'n knows what,
A yea, and else a nay, a Gordian riddle,
An Alexander perhaps may cut the knot
Some future day, and thus, just in the middle
Of all our ruminatings on our lot,
Show us that all our reasoning is but fiddle--
Faddle, and all our boasted hard-earned knowledge,
Is even less than what I learnt at college.