He is shamefast and bashful with those who surround him and wishes not to be discovered by them, just as one instinctively avoids all lavish display of comfort or wealth in the presence of a poor friend.

One of them is particularly striking: "Foure sorts of men must not be shamefast: 1.

It has become commonplace in contemporary American culture for the shamefast to attempt to deny access to other, open-minded people the materials that they themselves find frightening; their impact is minimal, having little clout in legitimate academia, where discussion and exploration and exchanges of ideas result from encounters with the unfamiliar.

"The hand,// To hide me from the blaze of the wide world, drops, Shamefast, down.