1. I have resolved I shall not walk to meet a patchwork lord
To haggle with him till the blemished one withdraws,

2. And they said to him, “A red-skinned Nubian, a tough hide,”
And they let him have his way in bartering and secret killing.

3. So he woke blind in the eyes of the people,
And he had gone to bed with blood flowing over his clothes,

4. He had indeed been far from what had now befallen him,
But he was fascinated by the tricks time plays on men.