I don't think it's right, especially with the newest stanza, but I am trying to keep my mind active and working on this one. Hope you don't mind the "thinking out loud".
Absolutely not (and I dont mind you thinking out loud, either )
REWRITE
T'is the center half of the one for which it's known.
Left to his own devices, he "devices" on his own.
The initial thought for this added couplet came when I was driving into work this morning then I lost some of the intended translation when I first posted it.