=1.= Among the ash-heaps; and the lean dogs ran
=2.= And barked about him, for the love of man etc.
Some one has said that the dog was a candidate for humanity and
just missed it.
=8.= For ‘tis the little gifts of grudging Chance,
=9.= Well husbanded, make victors.
This is a principle of economy often illustrated.
=18.= Scarce more of marvel and the sense of might, etc.
Tennyson makes poetry out of a miraculous sword, Neihardt out of
a man-made knife. One is romanticism, the other realism.
Which is more poetic?