Privily acted on a theatre,
Was deemed secure from every gaze but God's," --
XII. The Book and the Ring, v. 546.

"As ye become spectators of this scene --
* * * * *
-- A soul made weak by its pathetic want
Of just the first apprenticeship to sin,
Would thenceforth make the sinning soul secure
From all foes save itself, that's truliest foe," --
XII. The Book and the Ring, v. 559.

i.e., "sin, [that] would."

"Was he proud, -- a true scion of the stock
Which bore the blazon, shall make bright my page" --
XII. The Book and the Ring, v. 821.


2. The use of the infinitive without the prepositive "to",
is frequently extended beyond present usage, especially in `Sordello'
and `The Ring and the Book'. The following are examples: --

"Who fails, through deeds howe'er diverse, RE-TRACK
My purpose still, my task?"
Sordello, p. 168.

"failed Adelaide SEE then
Who was the natural chief, the man of men?"
Sordello, p. 175.