He sought nothing; he would have scorned to have made any demands.

Like Tasso, he might say: Brama assai, poco spera, e nulla chiede.

In compensation, he escaped from all ties; from the affections which might have influenced him, or led him into more tumultuous spheres.

Ready to yield all, he never gave himself.

Perhaps he knew what exclusive devotion, what love without limit he was worthy of inspiring, of understanding, of sharing! Like other ardent and ambitions natures, he may have thought if love and friendship are not all--they are nothing! Perhaps it would have been more painful for him to have accepted a part, any thing less than all, than to have relinquished all, and thus to have remained at least faithful to his impossible Ideal! If these things have been so or not, none ever knew, for he rarely spoke of love or friendship.