Brings to mind a lyric: My guard stood hard when abstract threats Too noble to neglect Deceived me into thinking I had something to protect Good and bad, I

Brings to mind a lyric: My guard stood hard when abstract threats Too noble to neglect Deceived me into thinking I had something to protect Good and bad, I define these terms Quite clear, no doubt, somehow. Ah, but I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now.