Part Two - Greece

But quiet to quick bosoms is a hell,

And there has been thy bane; there is a fire And motion of the soul which will not dwell In its own narrow being, but aspire

Beyond the fitting medium of desire;

And, but once kindled, quenchless evermore, Preys upon high adventure, nor can tire

Of aught but rest; a fever at the core,

Fatal to him who bears, to all who ever bore.

—Lord Byron