Wild Swans — The Saint and the Hunchback
| Hunchback. Stand up and lift your hand and bless |
| A man that finds great bitterness |
| In thinking of his
lost renown. |
| A Roman Caesar is held down |
| Under this hump. |
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| Saint. God tries each man |
| According to
a different plan. |
| I shall not cease to bless because |
| I lay about me with the taws |
| That night and morning
I may thrash |
| Greek Alexander from my flesh, |
| Augustus Caesar, and after these |
| That great rogue Alcibiades. |
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| Hunchback. To all that in your flesh have stood |
| And blessed, I give my gratitude, |
| Honoured by all in
their degrees, |
| But most to Alcibiades. |