The scatterbrain that gave La Mancha more

Rich spoils than Jason’s; who a point so keen

Had to his wit, and happier far had been

If his wit’s weathercock a blunter bore;

The arm renowned far as Gaeta’s shore,

Cathay, and all the lands that lie between;

The muse discreet and terrible in mien

As ever wrote on brass in days of yore;