...human problems. It is also a warning against indecisiveness." He continued. " thus conscience does make cowards of us all, and enterprises of great pith and moment with this regard, their currents turn awry and lose the name of action." It was somewhat over the head...

...And thus the native hue of resolution Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought, And enterprises of great pith and moment. With this respect their currents turn away, And lose the name of action." The line " By a foreknowledge of unslumbrous night," may have suggested to Swinburne "In his eyes foreknowledge...