of Achilles, which rises from the ground; while
the phantom has disappeared, part by part,
as the figure was formed from the earth_.

_Arn._ (_in his new form_). I love, and I shall be beloved! Oh, life!
At last I feel thee! Glorious Spirit!

_Stran._ Stop!
What shall become of your abandoned garment,
Yon hump, and lump, and clod of ugliness,
Which late you wore, or were?

_Arn._ Who cares? Let wolves
And vultures take it, if they will.

_Stran._ And if
They do, and are not scared by it, you'll say
It must be peace-time, and no better fare
Abroad i' the fields.

_Arn._ Let us but leave it there;
No matter what becomes on't.

_Stran._ That's ungracious; 430
If not ungrateful. Whatsoe'er it be,
It hath sustained your soul full many a day.

_Arn._ Aye, as the dunghill may conceal a gem
Which is now set in gold, as jewels should be.

_Stran._ But if I give another form, it must be
By fair exchange, not robbery. For they[223]
Who make men without women's aid have long
Had patents for the same, and do not love
Your Interlopers. The Devil may take men,[dd]
Not make them,--though he reap the benefit 440
Of the original workmanship:--and therefore
Some one must be found to assume the shape
You have quitted.

_Arn._ Who would do so?

_Stran._ That I know not,
And therefore I must.

_Arn._ You!

_Stran._ I said it ere
You inhabited your present dome of beauty.

_Arn._ True. I forget all things in the new joy
Of this immortal change.

_Stran._ In a few moments
I will be as you were, and you shall see
Yourself for ever by you, as your shadow.

_Arn._ I would be spared this.

_Stran._ But it cannot be. 450
What! shrink already, being what you are,
From seeing what you were?

_Arn._ Do as thou wilt.

_Stran._ (_to the late form of_ ARNOLD, _extended on the earth_).
Clay! not dead, but soul-less!
Though no man would choose thee,
An Immortal no l