What makes like dreary is the want of motive.

What makes like dreary is the want of motive.

For there's nothing we read of in torture's inventions,
Like a well-meaning dunce, with the best of intentions.

For there's nothing we read of in torture's inventions,
Like a well-meaning dunce, with the best of intentions.

A good intention clothes itself with sudden power.

A good intention clothes itself with sudden power.

Iago's soliloquy--the motive-hunting of a motiveless
malignity--how awful it is!

Iago's soliloquy--the motive-hunting of a motiveless
malignity--how awful it is!