1. Knowing that his recovery was impossible, I refrained, with his full concurrence, from having him tormented with miscalled Alleviations, such as opiates, bloodletting, and so forth.

2. His responsibilities Awaithis homeward tum, for 'Mykingdom's at its death', and 'inall this We miscall grief, bale, sorrow, heartbreak, woe, What is there to plainorl'(IV, 937-43).(The lines foreshadow the world 'Here,where mensitand heareach other groan'in 'Odeto a Nightingale',11