Sinopsis

Festus - XXIII Life's gaudier vanities shunned, or banned, the world Escaped from; ion dignified; some talk Of fable and of cabala, mystic lore; War, actual earth regarded, heaven's reproach Unanswerable, 'gainst man; the fruitful claims Of friendship in abeyance long, restored; Pauses, reposeful, for a time the strain. In memory we, ed life, ed feat of bard, Bards best interpreters of life's sad dream, Review; and plans for peaceful progress aid. Note, nathless, change impending, schemes conceived