"Thus power and greatness to destruction haste, Thus bounds to human happiness are placed, And Jove forbids prosperity…"

"No faith, no trust, no friendship shall be known Among the jealous partners of a throne; But he who reigns shall stri…"

"And emulation fans the rising flame."

"Justly to name the better cause were hard, While greatest names for either side declared; Victorious Caesar by the go…"

"But stood the shadow of what once he was."

"But Caesar's greatness and his strength were more Than past renown and antiquated power; 'Twas not the fame of what h…"

"And violence prescribed the rule to law."

"And usury still watching for its day; Hence perjuries in every wrangling court; And war, the needy bankrupt's last re…"

"Haste, then, thy towering eagles on their way: When fair occasion calls, 'tis fatal to delay."

"But thus the malice of our fate commands, And nothing great to long duration stands; Aspiring Rome had risen too much…"